Pit Pony (1997)
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.
Director: Eric Till
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Richard Donat as Rory MacLean |
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Ben Rose-Davis as Willie MacLean |
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Jennie Raymond as Nellie MacLean |
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Andrew Keilty as John MacLean |
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Elliot Page as Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page) |
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Anna Wedlock as Sara MacLean |
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Gabriel Hogan as Ned Hall |
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Denny Doherty as Charley McGinnis |
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Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin as Simon O'Neill |
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Joseph Wynne as Jimmy O'Neill |
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Carol Sinclair as Mrs. O'Neill |
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Bill McFadden as Ed O'Neill |
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Jeremy Akerman as Mr. Frawley |
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Andrew Bigelow as Ben Frawley |
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John Dunsworth as MacIsaac Smith |
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Rhonda McLean as Miss Harper |
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Joseph Rutten as One Arm Joe |
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Mark I. Graham as Stubby |
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Bill Forbes as Priest |
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Jeremiah Sparks as Trainer |
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Gay Hauser as Nurse |
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Andrew Touesnard as Coughing Boy / Fiddler |
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David McClelland as Man at Dock |
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Michael Crimp as Collier #1 |
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Daniel Morrison as Collier #2 |
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Todd Hiscock as Collier #3 |
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Everett Moore as Collier #4 |
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John O'Keefe as Collier #5 |
| Camera | Nikos Evdemon | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cathy O'Connell | Makeup Designer |
| Writing | Heather Conkie | Writer |
| Art | Laura MacNutt | Art Direction |
| Writing | Joyce Barkhouse | Novel |
| Editing | T.C. Martin | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jeanie Kimber | Costume Design |
| Art | Barbara Luxton | Set Decoration |
| Production | Andrew Cochrane | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paulette Cable | Hair Designer |
| Art | Marian Wihak | Production Design |
| Directing | Eric Till | Director |
| Sound | Jonathan Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
