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.
Made in CA
8.3/10
1997
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Cast
Richard Donat
As Rory MacLean
Ben Rose-Davis
As Willie MacLean
Jennie Raymond
As Nellie MacLean
Andrew Keilty
As John MacLean
Elliot Page
As Maggie MacLean (as Ellen Philpotts-Page)
Anna Wedlock
As Sara MacLean
Gabriel Hogan
As Ned Hall
Denny Doherty
As Charley McGinnis
Jonathan Langlois-Sadubin
As Simon O'Neill
Joseph Wynne
As Jimmy O'Neill
Carol Sinclair
As Mrs. O'Neill
Bill McFadden
As Ed O'Neill
Jeremy Akerman
As Mr. Frawley
Andrew Bigelow
As Ben Frawley
John Dunsworth
As MacIsaac Smith
Rhonda McLean
As Miss Harper
Joseph Rutten
As One Arm Joe
Mark I. Graham
As Stubby
Bill Forbes
As Priest
Jeremiah Sparks
As Trainer
Gay Hauser
As Nurse
Andrew Touesnard
As Coughing Boy / Fiddler
David McClelland
As Man at Dock
Michael Crimp
As Collier #1
Daniel Morrison
As Collier #2
Todd Hiscock
As Collier #3
Everett Moore
As Collier #4
John O'Keefe
As Collier #5
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