IMDb
6.8 /10
169 votes


Adventure · TV Movie · 2001 · 1h 30min
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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IMDb
6.8 /10
169 votes
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TMDB
5.5 /10
8 votes
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Weighted average
6.2/10