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Pit Pony

"A Diamond in the Rough"

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

Top Cast

  • Richard Donat

    Richard Donat

    Rory MacLean

  • Ben Rose-Davis

    Ben Rose-Davis

    Willie MacLean

  • Jennie Raymond

    Jennie Raymond

    Nellie MacLean

  • Andrew Keilty

    Andrew Keilty

    John MacLean

  • Elliot Page

    Elliot Page

    Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)

  • Anna Wedlock

    Anna Wedlock

    Sara MacLean

  • Gabriel Hogan

    Gabriel Hogan

    Ned Hall

  • Denny Doherty

    Denny Doherty

    Charley McGinnis

  • Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin

    Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin

    Simon O'Neill

Overview

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

Rating

8.3 / 10
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