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.
| Release Date | January 1, 2001 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story | |
| Runtime | 1h 30min | |
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| Language | English | |
| Original Language | English | |
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