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About
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.
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Jul 7, 1939
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →L
Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
C
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Brink
B
Beulah Bondi
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
U
Una Merkel
Marcia Giles
B
Bobs Watson
Pud Northrup
N
Nat Pendleton
Mr. Grimes
H
Henry Travers
Dr. Evans
G
Grant Mitchell
Mr. Pilbeam
E
Eily Malyon
Demetria Riffle
J
James Burke
Sheriff Burlingame
C
Charles Waldron
Reverend Murdock
I
Ian Wolfe
Charles Wentworth
P
Phillip Terry
Bill Lowry
T
Truman Bradley
James Northrup
D
Dorothy Adams
Florist (uncredited)
B
Barbara Bedford
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
S
Sonny Bupp
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
H
Hans Conried
Man in Convertible (uncredited)
H
Howard Hickman
Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
D
Dickie Jones
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
