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.

Cast

Colin Firth

Donald Crowhurst

Rachel Weisz

Clare Crowhurst

David Thewlis

Rodney Hallworth

Mark Gatiss