Pit Pony

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.

8

92 min

Cast

Richard Donat

as Rory MacLean

Ben Rose-Davis

as Willie MacLean

Jennie Raymond

as Nellie MacLean

Andrew Keilty

as John MacLean

Elliot Page

as Maggie MacLean

Anna Wedlock

as Sara MacLean

Gabriel Hogan

as Ned Hall

Denny Doherty

as Charley McGinnis

Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin

as Simon O'Neill

Joseph Wynne

as Jimmy O'Neill

Carol Sinclair

as Mrs. O'Neill

Bill McFadden

as Ed O'Neill

Jeremy Akerman

as Mr. Frawley

Andrew Bigelow

as Ben Frawley

John Dunsworth

as MacIsaac Smith

Rhonda McLean

as Miss Harper

Joseph Rutten

as One Arm Joe

Mark I. Graham

as Stubby

Bill Forbes

as Priest

Jeremiah Sparks

as Trainer

Gay Hauser

as Nurse

Andrew Touesnard

as Coughing Boy / Fiddler

David McClelland

as Man at Dock

Michael Crimp

as Collier #1

Daniel Morrison

as Collier #2

Todd Hiscock

as Collier #3

Everett Moore

as Collier #4

John O'Keefe

as Collier #5

Director

Eric Till