The Mercy
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.
Trailer
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