The Mercy

Synopsis

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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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

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Eleanor Stagg

Rachel Crowhurst

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

Crew

Art

• Jon Henson Production Design
• Justin Warburton-Brown Art Direction
• Robert Wischhusen-Hayes Set Decoration
• Tom Cochrane Art Direction
• Karl Probert Art Direction
• Elo Soode Conceptual Design
• Andrew Munro Supervising Art Director
• Dan Marsden Construction Manager
• Louise Begbie Graphic Designer
• Dan Maslen Storyboard Artist
• Adam McCreight Property Master
• Elo Soode Concept Artist

Camera

• Éric Gautier Director of Photography
• Jim Philpott Grip
• Richard Tyson Assistant Camera
• Dai Hopkins Key Grip
• Woody Gregson Second Assistant "B" Camera
• Richard Jakes Second Assistant Camera
• Alistair King Second Assistant Camera
• Henry Landgrebe First Assistant Camera
• Mario Demanuele Drone Pilot
• Nathan Mann First Assistant Camera
• Barny Crocker First Assistant "B" Camera
• Dean Rogers Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Alex King Makeup & Hair
• Marese Langan Hair Designer
• Anna Reynolds Assistant Costume Designer
• Louise Stjernsward Costume Design
• Claudia Stolze Makeup & Hair
• Emma Faulkes Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Marese Langan Makeup Designer
• Christine Walmesley-Cotham Makeup & Hair
• Hannah Walter Costume Supervisor

Crew

• Alistair Hopkins Post Production Supervisor
• Daniel Rawlins Stunt Double
• Adrian Mulville Stunt Double
• Edd Gamlin Visual Effects Editor
• Mario Mangion Set Medic
• Nick Chopping Stunt Coordinator
• Warren Brimmer Drone Operator

Directing

• James Marsh Director
• Ben Quirk Second Second Assistant Director
• Deborah Saban First Assistant Director
• Harriet Worth Second Assistant Director
• Julia Chiavetta Script Supervisor
• Tom Edmondson Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Jinx Godfrey Editor
• Joan Sobel Editor
• Jerry Ramsbottom First Assistant Editor
• Danny Miller First Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Mark Clayton Gaffer
• James Summers Rigging Gaffer

Production

• Peter Czernin Producer
• Graham Broadbent Producer
• Nicolas Mauvernay Producer
• Scott Z. Burns Producer
• Jacques Perrin Producer
• Dan MacRae Executive Producer
• Ben Knight Co-Producer
• Jonny Persey Executive Producer
• Lucy Bevan Casting
• Diarmuid McKeown Executive Producer
• Caroline Hewitt Co-Producer
• Olivia Scott-Webb Casting

Sound

• Jóhann Jóhannsson Original Music Composer
• Alexander Bellizia Sound Editor
• Danny Hambrook Sound Recordist
• Johnnie Burn Sound Designer
• Joe Mount Sound Effects Editor
• Paul Hanks Foley Artist
• Simon Trundle Foley Mixer
• Andrew Stirk Dialogue Editor
• Dina Eaton Music Editor
• Simon Carroll Sound Effects Editor
• Matt Biffa Music Supervisor
• Phillip Barrett Foley Supervisor

Visual Effects

• Neal Champion Special Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Scott Z. Burns Writer

Photos