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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
Film / 2001

Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

Regie Manon Briand
AvontuurTelevisiefilm

★ 5,5/10Publiekswaardering

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 …

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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 Bell Amy SloanJoan Graeme SomervilleGeorge Bryant Vlasta VranaGeorge McBlair Kent McQuaidMyron Peters Lisa Bronwyn MoorePatsy MacKinnon Ron WhiteGus Ryder Claudia BessoFlorence Chadwick Chip ChuipkaSyd Bell Jennifer MorehouseGrace Bell Natasha TofflemireKaren Bell Susan GloverPhyllis Ryder

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