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On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 7, 1939

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

User Score

75%

Original Title

On Borrowed Time

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Description

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.