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.
Directed by Manon Briand
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Cast

Caroline Dhavernas
Marilyn Bell

Amy Sloan
Joan

Graeme Somerville
George Bryant

Vlasta Vrana
George McBlair

Kent McQuaid
Myron Peters

Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Patsy MacKinnon

Ron White
Gus Ryder

Claudia Besso
Florence Chadwick

Chip Chuipka
Syd Bell

Jennifer Morehouse
Grace Bell
Natasha Tofflemire
Karen Bell

Susan Glover
Phyllis Ryder
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