

On Borrowed Time
The Great Broadway Stage Hit Reaches The Screen
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.
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
Charles Waldron
Reverend Murdock

Ian Wolfe
Charles Wentworth

Phillip Terry
Bill Lowry

Truman Bradley
James Northrup

Dorothy Adams
Florist (uncredited)
Videos
Storyline
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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