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.
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
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