Movie · 1939
On Borrowed Time
Released 7 July 1939 More from 1939 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Grant Mitchell
as Mr. Pilbeam
Charles Waldron
as Reverend Murdock
Lionel Barrymore
as Julian Northrup aka Gramps
James Burke
as Sheriff Burlingame
Beulah Bondi
as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Cedric Hardwicke
as Mr. Brink
George Lloyd
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Nat Pendleton
as Mr. Grimes
Una Merkel
as Marcia Giles
Dickie Jones
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
as Boy in Tree (uncredited)
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The numbers
54years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Grant Mitchell — oldest on the call sheet
11Sonny Bupp — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast