On Borrowed Time (1939)
Release Date: Jul 7, 1939 Wide
Release Date: Jul 7, 1939 Wide
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Old Gramps (Lionel Barrymore) is not about to go gentle into that good night when Mr. Brink (Cedric Hardwicke), who sometimes travels under the name of the Grim Reaper, comes calling. Through a ruse, Gramps chases Brink up a tree in his garden, rendering the mysterious stranger helpless. As a result, no one dies throughout the world, and disease and misery runs rampant. Dispassionately, Mr. Brink decides to "reach" Gramps through his beloved grandson (Bobs Watson). He talks the boy into climbing
Jul 7, 1939 Wide
Nov 18, 1992
MGM
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Cast
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Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup "Gramps... -
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Brink -
Una Merkel
Marcia Giles -
Beulah Bondi
Nellie -
Bobs Watson
Pud -
Nat Pendleton
Mr. Grimes -
Henry Travers
Dr. Evans -
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Pilbeam -
Eily Malyon
Demetria Riffle -
James Burke
Sheriff Burlingame -
Ian Wolfe
Charles Wentworth -
Phillip Terry
Bill Lowry -
Truman Bradley
James Northrup
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