
Quick Facts
DirectorHarold S. Bucquet
Runtime1h 39m · NR
GenresComedy · Drama · Fantasy
Release1939-07-07
Film
On Borrowed Time
1939· NR· 1h 39m· Comedy· Drama· Fantasy
“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.
1939-07-07
Cast & Characters
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Key Crew
DirectorHarold S. Bucquet
ScreenplayAlice D.G. Miller
ProducerSidney Franklin
Director of PhotographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Original Music ComposerFranz Waxman
EditorGeorge Boemler
Full cast & crew (24 cast · 16 crew)
Details
Released1939-07-07
Runtime1h 39m · NR
StatusReleased
StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.6/10 · 30 votes
Original languageen
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