Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

6.8

/10

1h 30m 7+Drama Action & Adventure

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.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 ... Read more

Starring Caroline Dhavernas

Watch "Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story" from streaming services Amazon Prime, Imdb TV (Prime), Imdb TV and several more released in 2001. It's a drama and action & adventure movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.