Owd Bob (1998 film)
Owd Bob is a 1998 British-Canadian drama film directed by and starring James Cromwell, Colm Meaney and Jemima Rooper.[1] It is based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob by Alfred Ollivant.
Differences from the book include:
- That the time has been updated by a century
- That the location is now the Isle of Man instead of Cumbria
- Adam MacAdam is the boy's grandfather, not father
Main cast[]
- James Cromwell - Adam MacAdam
- Colm Meaney - Keith Moore
- Jemima Rooper - Maggie Moore
- John Benfield - Blake
- Antony Booth - Tammas
- - Peter
- Moira Brooker - Heather Moore
- Anna Keaveney - Janet MacPherson
- - David Roberts
- - Constable Jack
- - Doctor Southam
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Categories:
- 1998 films
- British films
- Canadian films
- English-language Canadian films
- 1998 drama films
- 1990s English-language films
- British drama films
- Canadian drama films
- Films based on British novels
- 1920s British film stubs