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THE COURIER

Release date

16 April 2021

Synopsis

THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman GrevilleWynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK's MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intelligence needed to prevent a nuclear confrontation and defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan & Jessie Buckley

Production

Adam Ackland, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken

Director

Dominic Cooke