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.
as Rory MacLean
as Willie MacLean
as Nellie MacLean
as John MacLean
as Maggie MacLean
as Sara MacLean
as Ned Hall
as Charley McGinnis
as Simon O'Neill
as Jimmy O'Neill
as Mrs. O'Neill
as Ed O'Neill
as Mr. Frawley
as Ben Frawley
as MacIsaac Smith
as Miss Harper
as One Arm Joe
as Stubby
as Priest
as Trainer
as Nurse
as Coughing Boy / Fiddler
as Man at Dock
as Collier #1
as Collier #2
as Collier #3
as Collier #4
as Collier #5
