Owd Bob (1998 film) - Misplaced Pages

Owd Bob is a 1998 British-Canadian drama film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring James Cromwell, Colm Meaney and Jemima Rooper. 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

Manx Electric Cars 19-22

Laxey railway station

BFI.org

External links

Owd Bob at IMDb

v t e Films of Harry Alan Towers
Death Drums Along the River (1963) Victim Five (1964) Coast of Skeletons (1965) Sandy the Seal (1965) Mozambique (1965) 24 Hours to Kill (1965) The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) Ten Little Indians (1965) Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) Circus of Fear (1966) The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) Five Golden Dragons (1967) The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967) Eve (1968) The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) 99 Women (1969) The Girl from Rio (1969) Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) Venus in Furs (1969) Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970) The Bloody Judge (1970) Count Dracula (1970) Dorian Gray (1970) Black Beauty (1971) Treasure Island (1972) The Call of the Wild (1972) White Fang (1973) And Then There Were None (1974) Blue Belle (1976) H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979) King Solomon's Treasure (1979) Klondike Fever (1980) Black Venus (1983) Fanny Hill (1983) Lady Libertine (1984) Christina (1984) Black Arrow (1985) Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) Skeleton Coast (1987) Gor (1987) Platoon Leader (1988) Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) Outlaw of Gor (1988) Edge of Sanity (1989) American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989) River of Death (1989) Ten Little Indians (1989) The Phantom of the Opera (1989) Buried Alive (1990) Oddball Hall (1990) Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) The Lost World (1992) Return to the Lost World (1992) Dance Macabre (1992) Night Terrors (1993) The Mangler (1995) Bullet to Beijing (1995) Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) Owd Bob (1998) Treasure Island (1999) Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2000) Sumuru (2003) Pact with the Devil (2004)

Films of Harry Alan Towers

Death Drums Along the River (1963)
Victim Five (1964)
Coast of Skeletons (1965)
Sandy the Seal (1965)
Mozambique (1965)
24 Hours to Kill (1965)
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
Circus of Fear (1966)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
The House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
Eve (1968)
The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
99 Women (1969)
The Girl from Rio (1969)
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Venus in Furs (1969)
Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion (1970)
The Bloody Judge (1970)
Count Dracula (1970)
Dorian Gray (1970)
Black Beauty (1971)
Treasure Island (1972)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
White Fang (1973)
And Then There Were None (1974)
Blue Belle (1976)
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
King Solomon's Treasure (1979)
Klondike Fever (1980)
Black Venus (1983)
Fanny Hill (1983)
Lady Libertine (1984)
Christina (1984)
Black Arrow (1985)
Lightning, the White Stallion (1986)
Skeleton Coast (1987)
Gor (1987)
Platoon Leader (1988)
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
Outlaw of Gor (1988)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)
River of Death (1989)
Ten Little Indians (1989)
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Buried Alive (1990)
Oddball Hall (1990)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
The Lost World (1992)
Return to the Lost World (1992)
Dance Macabre (1992)
Night Terrors (1993)
The Mangler (1995)
Bullet to Beijing (1995)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
Owd Bob (1998)
Treasure Island (1999)
Death, Deceit and Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2000)
Sumuru (2003)
Pact with the Devil (2004)

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