Pit Pony
A Diamond in the Rough
1997 | 92m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Eric Till |
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| Writer: | Heather Conkie, Joyce Barkhouse |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 14, 1997 |
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| Director: | Eric Till |
| Writer: | Heather Conkie, Joyce Barkhouse |
| Genres: | Drama, Family, History |
| Keywords | pony, nova scotia, canada, coal mining, 1900s, cape breton |
| Production Companies | CBC |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Donat | Rory MacLean |
| Ben Rose-Davis | Willie MacLean |
| Jennie Raymond | Nellie MacLean |
| Andrew Keilty | John MacLean |
| Elliot Page | Maggie MacLean |
| Anna Wedlock | Sara MacLean |
| Gabriel Hogan | Ned Hall |
| Denny Doherty | Charley McGinnis |
| Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin | Simon O'Neill |
| Joseph Wynne | Jimmy O'Neill |
| Carol Sinclair | Mrs. O'Neill |
| Bill McFadden | Ed O'Neill |
| Jeremy Akerman | Mr. Frawley |
| Andrew Bigelow | Ben Frawley |
| John Dunsworth | MacIsaac Smith |
| Rhonda McLean | Miss Harper |
| Joseph Rutten | One Arm Joe |
| Mark I. Graham | Stubby |
| Bill Forbes | Priest |
| Jeremiah Sparks | Trainer |
| Gay Hauser | Nurse |
| Andrew Touesnard | Coughing Boy / Fiddler |
| David McClelland | Man at Dock |
| Michael Crimp | Collier #1 |
| Daniel Morrison | Collier #2 |
| Todd Hiscock | Collier #3 |
| Everett Moore | Collier #4 |
| John O'Keefe | Collier #5 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eric Till | Director |
| Heather Conkie | Writer |
| Joyce Barkhouse | Novel |
| Nikos Evdemon | Director of Photography |
| T.C. Martin | Editor |
| Marian Wihak | Production Design |
| Laura MacNutt | Art Direction |
| Barbara Luxton | Set Decoration |
| Jeanie Kimber | Costume Design |
| Cathy O'Connell | Makeup Designer |
| Paulette Cable | Hair Designer |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Andrew Cochrane | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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