Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2001-02-04
Runtime: 90 minutes
Director: Manon Briand
Top Cast
- Caroline Dhavernas as Marilyn Bell
- Amy Sloan as Joan
- Graeme Somerville as George Bryant
- Vlasta Vrana as George McBlair
- Kent McQuaid as Myron Peters
- Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Patsy MacKinnon
- Ron White as Gus Ryder
- Claudia Besso as Florence Chadwick
- Chip Chuipka as Syd Bell
- Jennifer Morehouse as Grace Bell
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