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Swimmer, The swimming movie

Swimmer, The

Rating: PG Length: 95 mins. Year: 1968
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule

Ned Merrill makes a mid-life declaration to swim across every pool in the valley on his journey to "swim home". With each stop and each splash through the pool, we learn a little more about Ned's life and what's led him to make such a bizarre goal and what possesses him to attain it.

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S.I.M Rating: 7.92 out of 10



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"Very Good. A very unusual film, Burt Lancaster takes a unique path home, through neighbor's swimming pools, all the while analyzing what might have been. It's odd and even risque for the time, but it's somehow very compelling." --Dave