• 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 39m
On Borrowed Time

Summary A cantankerous old man takes in his beloved, orphaned grandson, whom he must protect at all costs with the help of an agent of Death and a magical apple tree. View more details

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 1h 39m

On Borrowed Time

Directed : Harold S. Bucquet

Written : Alice D.G. Miller Claudine West Frank O'Neill

Stars : Lionel Barrymore Cedric Hardwicke Una Merkel Beulah Bondi

All cast & crew

7.7

Details

Genres : Fantasy Drama Family

Release date : Jul 6, 1939

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Ojai, California, USA

Production companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Summary A cantankerous old man takes in his beloved, orphaned grandson, whom he must protect at all costs with the help of an agent of Death and a magical apple tree. View more details

Details

Genres : Fantasy Drama Family

Release date : Jul 6, 1939

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Ojai, California, USA

Production companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, Eily Malyon, Una Merkel, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Eily Malyon, Una Merkel, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, James Burke, Eily Malyon, Henry Travers, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, Eily Malyon, Una Merkel, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Eily Malyon, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, James Burke, Eily Malyon, Una Merkel, and Henry Travers in On Borrowed Time (1939) Beulah Bondi, Eily Malyon, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Beulah Bondi and Eily Malyon in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Eily Malyon, and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) Lionel Barrymore and Bobs Watson in On Borrowed Time (1939) On Borrowed Time (1939)
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