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Feature film — 2018

The Mercy (2018)

5.91h 42mDrama — Adventure

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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A high-signal pick with 313 votes.

BBC Film / Blueprint Pictures / StudioCanal UK

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Director: James Marsh

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Cast & crew

Colin Firth as Donald Crowhurst

Colin Firth

Donald Crowhurst

Rachel Weisz as Clare Crowhurst

Rachel Weisz

Clare Crowhurst

David Thewlis as Rodney Hallworth

David Thewlis

Rodney Hallworth

Mark Gatiss as Ronald Hall

Mark Gatiss

Ronald Hall

Genevieve Gaunt as 'Miss Teignmouth'

Genevieve Gaunt

'Miss Teignmouth'

Jonathan Bailey as Ian Wheeler

Jonathan Bailey

Ian Wheeler

Andrew Buchan as Ian Milburn

Andrew Buchan

Ian Milburn

Simon McBurney as Sir Francis Chichester

Simon McBurney

Sir Francis Chichester

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Eleanor Stagg

Rachel Crowhurst

Ken Stott as Stanley Best

Ken Stott

Stanley Best

Finn Elliot as James Crowhurst

Finn Elliot

James Crowhurst

Kit Connor as Simon Crowhurst

Kit Connor

Simon Crowhurst

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