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Pit Pony

- A Diamond in the Rough

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.

Release Date : 1997-12-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CBC

Production Country : Canada

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Cast

Richard Donat

Character Name : Rory MacLean

Original Name : Richard Donat

Gender : Male

Ben Rose-Davis

Character Name : Willie MacLean

Original Name : Ben Rose-Davis

Gender : Male

Jennie Raymond

Character Name : Nellie MacLean

Original Name : Jennie Raymond

Gender : Female

Andrew Keilty

Character Name : John MacLean

Original Name : Andrew Keilty

Gender : Male

Elliot Page

Character Name : Maggie MacLean

Original Name : Elliot Page

Gender : Male

Anna Wedlock

Character Name : Sara MacLean

Original Name : Anna Wedlock

Gender : Male

Gabriel Hogan

Character Name : Ned Hall

Original Name : Gabriel Hogan

Gender : Male

Denny Doherty

Character Name : Charley McGinnis

Original Name : Denny Doherty

Gender : Male

John Dunsworth

Character Name : MacIsaac Smith

Original Name : John Dunsworth

Gender : Male

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