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Status
Released
Release
1986
Runtime
1h 20m
Grinding, gruelling and unceasing, Dennis Barker's training sessions push his young swimmers to the limits of their endurance. Outstanding among them is 14-year-old Rachel Southern. Destined for stardom perhaps, but also destined to realise that winning doesn't always mean coming first.
20 Cast Members
Jane Morris
Rachel Southern
David Calder
Dennis Barker
Richard Moore
Bert Southern
Jane Wood
Gillian Southern
Gillian Kerrod
Valerie Foy
Len Marten
Gordon Platt
Bernard Brown
Rowley Henson
Rita Lester
Elaine Bagley
Pamela Shaw
Marge
Martin Donlan
Phil
Joan Campion
Miss Forsyth
Gwyneth Fleetwood
Mrs Pearce
Colin Bean
Mayor
Jamie Bartholomew
George Porter
Martin Ashcroft
Jugs Dyson
Ann Thompson
Esther Smethurst
Andrea Schofield
Lorraine Bagley
Mike Picton
Jed
Fiona Davies
Helga
Lucy Elizabeth Osband
Susan Walsh