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Owd Bob (1998 film)

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'Owd Bob' is a 1998 British-Canadian drama film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring James Cromwell, Colm Meaney and Jemima Rooper.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090520014729/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/569801 BFI.org] 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

* Dermot Keaney - Peter

* Moira Brooker - Heather Moore

* Anna Keaveney - Janet MacPherson

* Dylan Provencher - David Roberts

* Paul Moulton - Constable Jack

* Len Hulme - Doctor Southam

References






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