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Pit Pony

Pit Pony

A Diamond in the Rough

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

14 December 1997

Country

Canada

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

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

Joseph Wynne

Joseph Wynne

Jimmy O'Neill

Carol Sinclair

Carol Sinclair

Mrs. O'Neill

Bill McFadden

Bill McFadden

Ed O'Neill

Jeremy Akerman

Jeremy Akerman

Mr. Frawley

Andrew Bigelow

Andrew Bigelow

Ben Frawley

John Dunsworth

John Dunsworth

MacIsaac Smith

Rhonda McLean

Rhonda McLean

Miss Harper

Joseph Rutten

Joseph Rutten

One Arm Joe

Mark I. Graham

Mark I. Graham

Stubby

Bill Forbes

Bill Forbes

Priest

Jeremiah Sparks

Jeremiah Sparks

Trainer

Gay Hauser

Gay Hauser

Nurse

Andrew Touesnard

Andrew Touesnard

Coughing Boy / Fiddler

David McClelland

David McClelland

Man at Dock

Michael Crimp

Michael Crimp

Collier #1

Daniel Morrison

Daniel Morrison

Collier #2

Todd Hiscock

Todd Hiscock

Collier #3

Everett Moore

Everett Moore

Collier #4

John O'Keefe

John O'Keefe

Collier #5

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