Thursday, December 25th TV listings for RETROplex HD
Journey to Shiloh (1968)
A Texas cowboy (James Caan) and his buddies ride hundreds of miles to Tennessee to fight for the Confederacy.
Smoke Signal (1955)
An Army deserter (Dana Andrews) and his girlfriend (Piper Laurie) shoot Grand Canyon rapids with his cavalry captors, chased by Indians.
The Great Man's Lady (1942)
An old woman (Barbara Stanwyck) tells the truth about her life with an Old West gambler (Brian Donlevy) and a late, great U.S. senator (Joel McCrea).
Jericho (2000)
A charismatic preacher rescues a mysterious gunman who tries to find the answers to his lost identity.
The War Wagon (1967)
An ex-convict and his partner eye an armored stagecoach full of gold fitted with a Gatling gun for protection.
Pit Pony (1997)
A horse's companionship helps a boy overcome his fears and work in a Nova Scotia coal mine to support his family.
Pit Pony The Light to the Future
In Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1904, Willie and his pony train for the horse pull; Nellie tries to decide whether to marry Ned Hall.
Pit Pony Best Laid Plans
Wedding preparations test the MacLean resolve; Willie is unhappy because Ned now has no time for him.
Pit Pony Forerunner
Willie and schoolmates, Mollie and Angus, are forced to spend the night in an abandoned house reputed to be haunted on a dare from pit boy Spider; there, Willie thinks he sees his father who advices him that things will get better.
Pit Pony The Ball Game
Willie learns about power while honoring the victim of a mine flood; Ned and Nellie attend a funeral.
Pit Pony To Have and to Hold
After Mr Frawley unjustly fires Ned to set an example, Rose then wants to take Sarah, Maggie and Willie back to Halifax afterwards; Willie refuses to leave town until Ned breaks off the engagement.
Pit Pony Endings and Beginnings
A famous fiddler visits the MacLean household just as Nellie and Ned are leaving for their honeymoon, catching Aunt Rose off-guard.
Pit Pony The Phantom Ship
Willie spots a ghost ship off the coast; his friendship with Molly and Angus is strained when a treasure mysteriously disappears.
Pit Pony The Mine's Mark
After Willie's horse, Sable, goes missing, Willie suspects that he may have been stolen and he is forced to sneak into the coal mine with Ned to look for his horse.
Pit Pony Sleeping Dogs Lie
Ben vouches for Ned to prove that the pit pony Sable is Willie's horse; Willie becomes determined to find out who stole his horse, and soon discovers that the "treasure" that Spider is still digging on the beach for is in fact stolen loot.
Pit Pony Calling Mr. Bell
Willie wants to meet Alexander Graham Bell after Glace Bay gets phone service; Nellie is disappointed with her anniversary present.
Pit Pony A Ghost in the Lens
Willie hopes his new camera will capture his father's ghost on film, but it leads him to another of Lingermore's spirits instead.
Pit Pony Famous
A crusading reporter takes Nellie into the mines with her to expose the cruelty of child labor; with Alex Wrathell and Shaun Smyth.
Pit Pony Winds of Change
When Ned is temporally laid off as the mine puts in new electric wires, Nellie thinks about getting a job; but Ned, due to his pride and ego, strongly opposes her choice to look for work; meanwhile, Miss Harper sets up a reading class at the mine.
Pit Pony Reunion
Ned, still suffering from burns caused by a mining accident, returns to work early to pay for Willie's birthday party.
Pit Pony Making Their Way
Aunt Rose offers to buy Nellie a farm; Willie takes a job with Mr. Frawley against Nellie's warnings.
Pit Pony Where There's a Will
Things start to look up when Ned returns to work and Nellie opens a laundry service; Mr. Frawley closes the school.
Pit Pony Evolution
Ned, Nellie and Willie find that working extra hard to build the farm fund leaves little time for their other responsibilities.
Pit Pony The Truth About Heroes
Willie's fear of the mines keeps him from giving Ned important information about a new machine that can cost miners their jobs.
Pit Pony Night Into Day
Charley nurses Spider's horse back to health, only to see Doyle place the animal back in the constricting mines.
Pit Pony Transformations
Molly asks Nellie to help make her more feminine; Ned is reluctant to help the miners after he lost the election to Doyle.
Pit Pony Connections
Mrs. MacTavish wants to get Nellie out of the telegraph office and into the classroom -- as a teacher.
Pit Pony Homecoming
Feeling like an outsider, Maggie runs away, only to find that life in her old hometown is not what it used to be.
Pit Pony Charley's Secret
Willie helps Charley overcome the two deaths that have been haunting him.
Pit Pony Sunshine and Shadows
Willie and Maggie have to fill in at the school for an ill Nellie, who has confided to Ned that she is pregnant.
Pit Pony Into the Dark
Willie is concerned he will lose Nellie and Ned to illness; Rose and Sarah help Willie make a difficult decision.
Pit Pony Our Sons and Daughters
Willie organizes a pit-boy walk out, bringing Ned and the other miners to follow suit; with Jennie Raymond.
Pit Pony Power Plays
Willie is elected the first president of the Junior Mine Worker's Association; Nellie tries to persuade Maggie and Sarah to go back to Halifax.
Pit Pony Two Sides of the Coin
Nellie learns that the new doctor is her old boyfriend; Willie campaigns to get the mine to hire Dr. Moressa permanently.
Pit Pony Coal Dust
An explosion at the mine causes tension on the baseball field; Nellie discovers a new hobby.
Pit Pony A Weighty Matter
Willie is torn between his love for Sable and his duty at the mine.
Pit Pony Gone Fishin'
Charley is injured on a fishing trip and Willie has to rely on his friends to get things done.
Pit Pony Home
Willie discovers Spider's secret; Ned takes Spider in when his home burns.
Pit Pony Company Business
Ned decides to take the overman's exam after Nellie loses the farm; Charley is rushed to the hospital.
Pit Pony The Game
The Ponies break up just before their championship game due to a conflict between Dr. Tony Moressa and Ned.
Pit Pony Taking Chances
Charley and Miss Harper hope to bring Willie and Maggie closer; Ned prepares for the overman's exam.
Pit Pony In Harmony
Ned learns a hard lesson about his new job when there is a collapse in the pit; Nellie teaches Ned a lesson in teamwork.
Pit Pony Sarah's Return
Sarah infuriates Maggie upon her return from Halifax; Sarah develops a sophisticated attitude.
Pit Pony That Special Spark
Stringy Borso leaves Glace Bay for baseball camp and Nellie's choir plans a farewell performance in his honor.
Pit Pony Lost
The mine's modernization plans cause layoffs, and the townspeople become bitter; Willie, Maggie and Spider are missing.