Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story (2001)

Movie · Released · 90 min · ★ 5.5

Adventure, TV Movie

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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.

Cast

Caroline DhavernasMarilyn BellAmy SloanJoanGraeme SomervilleGeorge BryantVlasta VranaGeorge McBlairKent McQuaidMyron PetersLisa Bronwyn MoorePatsy MacKinnonRon WhiteGus RyderClaudia BessoFlorence ChadwickChip ChuipkaSyd BellJennifer MorehouseGrace Bell

Natasha TofflemireKaren BellSusan GloverPhyllis Ryder