The Pony

The Pony

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This short film tells the heart-warming Christmas story of two Saskatchewan farm children and a pony named Pancho. There’s no real place for a horse on a fully mechanized wheat farm, but with will and heart they prove that one can be found.

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The Pony, Lawrence Cherry, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Lawrence Cherry
  • script
    Lawrence Cherry
  • producer
    Nicholas Balla
  • photography
    John Foster
  • sound
    E.C.H. Muir
  • editing
    Fergus McDonell
  • sound editing
    Dino Di Campo
  • re-recording
    Clarke Daprato
  • narrator
    Stanley Jackson
  • music
    Eldon Rathburn
  • cast
    Helen Bothwell
    William Cornish
    Norman Ericson
    Georgia Gibbs
    Frank Hanson
    Mary McNeil
    George Russell
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  • None

    Having this archived online is such a gift to our family! My father was William Cornish who plays the brother in this film. He died in 2007 but I am able to show this movie to my children, his grandchildren, some of whom never met him. Thank you so much for providing these archived films!

    None, 17 Dec 2020
  • funnyman

    This is a really interesting film with tons of good values and excellent behavior. Its a bit personal, because when I was kid I really wanted a hive of honey bees. Ten years later I got mine. Just as these kids worked hard to get their Ponies for Christmas.

    funnyman, 25 Dec 2014

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