
Pit Pony
Drama · Family · History
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.
Top Cast


Richard Donat
Richard Donat
Rory MacLean
Richard Donat
Rory MacLean
Ben Rose-Davis
Ben Rose-Davis
Willie MacLean
Ben Rose-Davis
Willie MacLean


Jennie Raymond
Jennie Raymond
Nellie MacLean
Jennie Raymond
Nellie MacLean
Andrew Keilty
Andrew Keilty
John MacLean
Andrew Keilty
John MacLean


Elliot Page
Elliot Page
Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)
Elliot Page
Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)
Anna Wedlock
Anna Wedlock
Sara MacLean
Anna Wedlock
Sara MacLean


Gabriel Hogan
Gabriel Hogan
Ned Hall
Gabriel Hogan
Ned Hall


Denny Doherty
Denny Doherty
Charley McGinnis
Denny Doherty
Charley McGinnis
Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin
Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin
Simon O'Neill
Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin
Simon O'Neill
Joseph Wynne
Joseph Wynne
Jimmy O'Neill
Joseph Wynne
Jimmy O'Neill
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