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Original title

On Borrowed Time

Year

1939

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Screenwriter

Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O'Neill, Claudine West. Play: Paul Osborn. Novel: Lawrence Edward Watkin

Cast

Music

Franz Waxman

Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Loew's

Genre

Comedy. Drama. Fantasy | Family Relationships. Adoption

Synopsis

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his cantankerous old grandfather become inseparable friends. But Gramps is concerned for his grandson's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks Pud's custody. 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 top of an old apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

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On Borrowed Time

1939

Harold S. Bucquet