Description
This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.
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Release Date2001
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Runtime1 hr 30 min
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Languageen
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Rating5 (7)
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Genres
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DirectorManon Briand
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CastCaroline DhavernasAmy SloanGraeme SomervilleVlasta VranaKent McQuaidLisa Bronwyn Moore
