 Well-off ad man Ned Merrill Burt Lancaster is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. I did not know about this movie. Oh, Bob. But I can't – there's a moral in the message of The Swimmer because I don't think it ends very well there.