The Mercy

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

Rachel Weisz

David Thewlis

Mark Gatiss

Genevieve Gaunt

Jonathan Bailey

Andrew Buchan

Simon McBurney