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.
Cast
Lionel Barrymore
Julian Northrup aka Gramps
Cedric Hardwicke
Mr. Brink
Beulah Bondi
Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Una Merkel
Marcia Giles
Bobs Watson
Pud Northrup
Nat Pendleton
Mr. Grimes
Henry Travers
Dr. Evans
Grant Mitchell
Mr. 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 (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
Mrs. James Northrup (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Man in Convertible (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Boy in Tree (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Chief of Police (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
State Trooper (uncredited)
Doris Rankin
Mrs. Burlingame (uncredited)
Harold Schlickenmayer
First Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Crew
Harold S. Bucquet
Director
Claudine West
Screenplay
Frank O'Neill
Screenplay
Alice D.G. Miller
Screenplay
Lawrence Edward Watkin
Novel
George Boemler
Editor
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
Sidney Franklin
Producer
Dolly Tree
Costumer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
John S. Detlie
Assistant Art Director
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Paul Osborn
Theatre Play
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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