Owd Bob is a 1998 British-Canadian drama film directed by Rodney Gibbons 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
• Dermot Keaney - Peter
• Moira Brooker - Heather Moore
• Anna Keaveney - Janet MacPherson
• Dylan Provencher - David Roberts
• Paul Moulton - Constable Jack
• Len Hulme - Doctor Southam