
Pit Pony
1997, English. Directed by Eric Till.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Pit Pony is streaming on Philo and Starz in India.
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Cast & crew
- Eric TillDirector
- Richard DonatRory MacLean
- Ben Rose-DavisWillie MacLean
- Jennie RaymondNellie MacLean
- Andrew KeiltyJohn MacLean
- Elliot PageMaggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)
- Anna WedlockSara MacLean
- Gabriel HoganNed Hall
- Denny DohertyCharley McGinnis
- Jonathan Langlois-SadubinSimon O'Neill
- Joseph WynneJimmy O'Neill
- Carol SinclairMrs. O'Neill
- Bill McFaddenEd O'Neill
Details
- Released
- 14 December 1997
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Heather Conkie
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Pit Pony runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Pit Pony is streaming on Philo and Starz in India. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Pit Pony?
Pit Pony (1997) was directed by Eric Till and stars Richard Donat, Ben Rose-Davis, Jennie Raymond.