The Mercy

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.

Details

Cast

Colin Firth

Donald Crowhurst

Rachel Weisz

Clare Crowhurst

David Thewlis

Rodney Hallworth

Mark Gatiss

Ronald Hall

Genevieve Gaunt

'Miss Teignmouth'

Jonathan Bailey

Ian Wheeler

Andrew Buchan

Ian Milburn

Simon McBurney

Sir Francis Chichester

Eleanor Stagg

Rachel Crowhurst

Ken Stott

Stanley Best

Finn Elliot

James Crowhurst

Kit Connor

Simon Crowhurst

Oliver Maltman

Dennis Herbstein

Sam Hoare

Mr. Hughes

Avye Leventis

Mrs. Hughes

Anna Madeley

Sara Milburn

Adrian Schiller

Mr. Elliot

Simon Chandler

Sidney Rawle

Alexia Traverse-Healy

Françoise Moitessier

Dorothy Atkinson

Eve Tetley