On Borrowed Time (1939) - film review

Comedy / Drama / Fantasy

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On Borrowed Time is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1939, directed by Harold S. Bucquet. The film is based on a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin and stars Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel and Bobs Watson. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Script: Alice D.G. Miller, Frank O’Neill, Paul Osborn, Lawrence Edward Watkin (novel), Claudine West
Photo: Joseph Ruttenberg
Music: Franz Waxman
Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Julian Northrup (Gramps)), Cedric Hardwicke (Mr. Brink), Beulah Bondi (Nellie Northrup (Granny)), Una Merkel (Marcia Giles), Bobs Watson (John ’Pud’ Northrup), Nat Pendleton (Mr. Grimes), Henry Travers (Dr. James Evans), Grant Mitchell (Ben Pilbeam), Eily Malyon (Demetria Riffle), James Burke (Sheriff Burlingame), Charles Waldron (Reverend Murdock), Ian Wolfe (Charles Wentworth), Phillip Terry (Bill Lowry), Truman Bradley (James Northrup), Dorothy Adams (Florist), Barbara Bedford (Mrs. James Northrup), Sonny Bupp (Boy in Tree), Hans Conried (Man in Convertible), Howard C. Hickman (Chief Surgeon), Dickie Jones (Boy in Tree), George Lloyd (Chief of Police), Ted Oliver (State Trooper), Doris Rankin (Mrs. Burlingame), Harold Schlickenmayer (First Stretcher Bearer)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 99 min; B&W

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