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Owd Bob

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Owd Bob - 1938 | 78 mins | Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Robert Stevenson.
Producer: Edward Black.
Script: J.B. Williams. (from a novel by Alfred Ollivant)
Cinematography: Jack E. Cox.
Editing: R.E. Dearing.
Original Music: Charles Williams.
Music Direction: Louis Levy.

The Cast

Will Fyffe - Adam McAdam
John Loder - David Moore
Margaret Lockwood - Jeannie McAdam
Graham Moffatt - Tammas
Moore Marriott - Samuel
Wilfred Walter - Thwaltes
Elliott Mason - Mrs. Winthrop
A. Bromley Davenport - Magistrate
Wally Patch - Bookie

Plot Synopsis

Well-directed and affecting Cumberland drama from the novel by Alfred Olivant that was remade ten years later as Bob, Son of Battle (1947). Owd Bob, also known as To the Victor, was itself a remake of Henry Edwards 1924 silent film.

Quarrelsome elderly Scottish farmer Adam McAdam (Will Fyffe) finds his life complicated when David Moore (John Loder), his neighbour newly arrived from Derbyshire enters his sheepdog, Owd Bob, in the annual sheepdog trials against the farmer's dog Black Wull. At the same time, McAdam’s attractive daughter Jennie (Margaret Lockwood) his daughter takes a liking to the neighbour.