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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
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.
Directed by Manon Briand
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Status
Released
Released
February 4, 2001
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
English
Top cast
Caroline Dhavernas
Marilyn Bell
Amy Sloan
Joan
Graeme Somerville
George Bryant
Vlasta Vrana
George McBlair
Kent McQuaid
Myron Peters
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Patsy MacKinnon
Ron White
Gus Ryder
Claudia Besso
Florence Chadwick
Chip Chuipka
Syd Bell
Jennifer Morehouse
Grace Bell
Natasha Tofflemire
Karen Bell
Susan Glover
Phyllis Ryder
