英勇少年
director:
Manon Briand
playwright:
Karen Walton
actor:
Caroline Dhavernas
/
Amy Sloan
/
Vlasta Vrana
genre:
Drama
/
Adventure
/
Sports
region:
Canada
language:
English
length: 1h 30m
release date: 2001-02-04
IMDb: tt0215835
Overview
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.