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.
Credits
Pit Pony Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Ellen Page
She was 10, now 37 years old
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as Maggie MacLean |
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John Dunsworth
He was 51, 71 years old when he died
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as MacIsaac Smith |
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Richard Donat
He was 56, now 83 years old
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as Rory MacLean |
Pit Pony Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Eric Till as Director. He was 68 (now 95) years old
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Directing |
