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    Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932 – July 1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who disappeared while competing in the Sunday Times Golden...
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  • Crowhurst is a 2017 British drama film directed by Simon Rumley, based on the true story of sailor Donald Crowhurst. Filming for the movie took place...
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  • on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968 and his subsequent...
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  • finish the race and because of the apparent suicide of one entrant, Donald Crowhurst; however, it ultimately led to the founding of the BOC Challenge and...
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    explicitly for Donald Crowhurst’s ill-fated attempt to sail around the world in the Golden Globe Race of 1968. She became a ghost ship after Crowhurst reported...
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  • based on the true story of British businessman and amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, as he participated in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed...
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    to be filming scenes for a Donald Crowhurst biopic, The Mercy, on the beach at Teignmouth, Devon, playing Donald Crowhurst's press agent, Rodney Hallworth...
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  • Crowhurst, Surrey, England Crowhurst Place Crowhurst Yew Cyril Crowhurst (1906–1995), British sound engineer Donald Crowhurst (1932–1969), English businessman...
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  • Tetley thought he was being chased by another trimaran piloted by Donald Crowhurst, so instead of nursing his ailing boat along, he continued to sail...
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    Retrieved 8 May 2022. Rosser, Michael (20 May 2015). "Colin Firth's Donald Crowhurst film begins shoot". Screen Daily. Screen International. Archived from...
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  • treatment of a similar theme can be found in The Last Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Ron Hall and Nicolas Tomalin. In February 1955, seaman Luis Alejandro...
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    Henry Stommel. In July 1969, British businessman and amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst disappeared after his yacht became mired in the Sargasso Sea. He had...
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    West. Investigation led to the conclusion that its sole crewmember, Donald Crowhurst, had suffered a mental breakdown while competing in a solo around-the-world...
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  • James Marsh's The Mercy – a BBC film about ill-fated 1960s yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, featuring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz in the lead roles. Later that...
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    Vaughn 2018 The Happy Prince Reggie Turner Rupert Everett The Mercy Donald Crowhurst James Marsh Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Harry Bright Ol Parker Kursk...
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    directed The Roaring Forties, a drama movie inspired by the death of Donald Crowhurst, a British sailor who perished in the 1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe...
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    Retrieved 10 May 2022. Rosser, Michael (20 May 2015). "Colin Firth's Donald Crowhurst film begins shoot". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 26...
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    and in 2018 co-starred in a British biographical film about sailor Donald Crowhurst, The Mercy, directed by James Marsh. Weisz's production company, LC6...
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  • Ridgway and Rebecca Ridgway, Little Brown, 1996, ISBN 9780316877091. "Donald Crowhurst: The fake sailing story behind The Mercy". Yachting World. 2 October...
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  • Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Nicholas Tomalin about the death of the British businessman and amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst, who disappeared...
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    unreported, such as the disappearance of round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, which Berlitz had presented as a mystery, despite clear evidence to...
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  • he would feature in independent film The Mercy, the true story of Donald Crowhurst (Colin Firth), an amateur sailor who participated in the Sunday Times...
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    Tyagi, cricketer Rajkumar Baisla, Dhayanchand Awardee 2011 (Wrestling) Donald Crowhurst, sailor Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer Suresh Raina, cricketer "Six cities...
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    in 1967. Declared dead in 1974 after multiple extensive searches. Donald Crowhurst, businessman, suspected to have committed suicide in 1969 by jumping...
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    automated text generator, The Eureka, which was exhibited in 1845. Donald Crowhurst (1932–1969), who tried to fake a round-the-world solo yacht journey...
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    appeared on BBC One's Celebrity Mastermind answering questions on Donald Crowhurst, coming third. Fellows was to embark on a tour as himself in January...
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  • also preoccupied and influenced by the life and death of yachtsman Donald Crowhurst. The book examines identity and isolation, exploring the paradox of...
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  • 2009). "Robert McCrum meets the family of the infamous 'lone sailor, Donald Crowhurst". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 30 November 2019. Connolly...
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    money for the fastest competitor, a sum of £5,000, to the family of Donald Crowhurst, another competitor in the race who had committed suicide after attempting...
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  • life of Griselda Blanco Crowhurst (2017) – British biographical drama film based on the true story of sailor Donald Crowhurst Crown Heights (2017) – biographical...
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