On Borrowed Time

Synopsis

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

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Cast

Lionel Barrymore

Julian Northrup aka Gramps

Cedric Hardwicke

Mr. Brink

Beulah Bondi

Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Una Merkel

Marcia Giles

Bobs Watson

Pud Northrup

Nat Pendleton

Mr. Grimes

Henry Travers

Dr. Evans

Grant Mitchell

Mr. Pilbeam

Eily Malyon

Demetria Riffle

James Burke

Sheriff Burlingame

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Charles Waldron

Reverend Murdock

Ian Wolfe

Charles Wentworth

Phillip Terry

Bill Lowry

Truman Bradley

James Northrup

Dorothy Adams

Florist (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)

Sonny Bupp

Boy in Tree (uncredited)

Hans Conried

Man in Convertible (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

Chief Surgeon (uncredited)

Dickie Jones

Boy in Tree (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• John S. Detlie Assistant Art Director
• Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
• Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration

Camera

• Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Jack Dawn Makeup Artist
• Dolly Tree Costumer

Directing

• Harold S. Bucquet Director

Editing

• George Boemler Editor

Production

• Sidney Franklin Producer

Sound

• Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
• Franz Waxman Original Music Composer

Writing

• Claudine West Screenplay
• Frank O'Neill Screenplay
• Alice D.G. Miller Screenplay
• Lawrence Edward Watkin Novel
• Paul Osborn Theatre Play