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. [1] It is based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob by Alfred Ollivant.

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  1. BFI.org