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The Mercy

Based on the true story

2018 · PG-13 · 1h 42m

Directed by James Marsh

5.9

TMDB audience score
313 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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