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Film / 2018
The Mercy
Directed by
James Marsh
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.
The story
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.
Cast
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
Eleanor StaggRachel Crowhurst
Ken StottStanley Best
Finn ElliotJames Crowhurst
Kit ConnorSimon Crowhurst
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Oliver MaltmanDennis Herbstein
Sam HoareMr. Hughes
Avye LeventisMrs. Hughes
Anna MadeleySara Milburn
Adrian SchillerMr. Elliot
Simon ChandlerSidney Rawle
Alexia Traverse-HealyFrançoise Moitessier
Dorothy AtkinsonEve Tetley
Sebastian ArmestoNelson Messina
Martin MarquezFranchessi
Mark DavisonBand Leader
Bruce MackinnonBarman
Richard TeversonBBC Interviewer
Kerry Godliman'Bear and Swan' Landlady
Laurence SpellmanBenefits Officer
Greg HicksCaptain Box
Richard BlaineChamber Member
Geoff BladonMayor of Teignmouth
Maynard CrowePortishead Messenger
Paul ThornleyPortishead Operator
Stuart DavidsonPress Photographer
Robert ElphickReporter
Tim DownieStyle Editor
Ray BurnetGeorge
Zara PrassinotWaterskiing Girl
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