Pit Pony

1h 32min

Drama

Family

History

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.

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
Denny Doherty

Denny Doherty

Charley McGinnis
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
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

Release date

14th Dec 1997

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English