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.
- Budget
- $18,000,000
- Revenue
- $4,536,348
- Production
- BBC Film, Blueprint Pictures, StudioCanal UK
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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
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
Sebastian Armesto
Nelson Messina
Crew
- Director
- James Marsh
- Writers
- Scott Z. Burns
- Cinematography
- Éric Gautier
- Composer
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Peter McGinn
January 26, 2021
I like Colin First enough to cut his films some slack sometimes, and this is one of those times. I thought the movie was entertaining overall, and well acted. At the same time I had a couple of problems with it. One was that I found the family flashbacks while he was at sea to be distracting. It wasn’t a big thing, but they didn’t seem meaningful or well placed as far as furthering the plot or his character. The other issue was perhaps because I wasn’t paying close enough attention, but a few…
CinemaSerf
January 14, 2024
Based on the true story of aspiring round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth) this rather disappointingly sluggish drama tries to engage us in the man's lifelong passion. A passion that jeopardises his business, puts him into debt and relegates his wife and two young children to second place as he reckons he can circumnavigate the globe in his catamaran. This isn't a story that I was aware of, historically, but the facts are undeniable so it's really all down to how director James…