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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

2001
Directed byManon Briand
1h 30m

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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Caroline DhavernasMarilyn BellAmy SloanJoan
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Graeme Somerville
George Bryant
Vlasta VranaGeorge McBlair
Kent McQuaidMyron Peters
Lisa Bronwyn MoorePatsy MacKinnon
Ron WhiteGus Ryder
Claudia BessoFlorence Chadwick
Chip ChuipkaSyd Bell
Jennifer MorehouseGrace Bell
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GENRES
AdventureTV Movie
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Cookie Jar Entertainment
RATING
5.5

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