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.

• Colin FirthDonald Crowhurst
• Rachel WeiszClare Crowhurst
• David ThewlisRodney Hallworth
• Mark GatissRonald Hall
• Genevieve Gaunt'Miss Teignmouth'
• Jonathan BaileyIan Wheeler
• Andrew BuchanIan Milburn
• Simon McBurneySir Francis Chichester
• ESEleanor StaggRachel Crowhurst
• Ken StottStanley Best