

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.
Movie Details
Budget
$18.0M
$18,000,000
Revenue
$4.5M
$4,536,348
Languages
English
+1 more
Studio
BBC Film
+2 more
Key Crew

James Marsh
Director

Scott Z. Burns
Writer

Scott Z. Burns
Producer

Peter Czernin
Producer

Jacques Perrin
Producer

Graham Broadbent
Producer
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