The Mercy

Feb 9, 2018

1h 42m

★ 6.0

Based on the true story

Overview

In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

BBC Film

Blueprint Pictures

StudioCanal

The Mercy Trailers

Cast

Donald Crowhurst

Colin Firth

Clare Crowhurst

Rachel Weisz

Rodney Hallworth

David Thewlis

Ronald Hall

Mark Gatiss

'Miss Teignmouth'

Genevieve Gaunt

Ian Wheeler

Jonathan Bailey

Ian Milburn

Andrew Buchan

Sir Francis Chichester

Simon McBurney

Rachel Crowhurst

Eleanor Stagg

Stanley Best

Ken Stott

James Crowhurst

Finn Elliot

Simon Crowhurst

Kit Connor

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