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The Courier

The Courier

Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy.

20207.01h 52m

Overview

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Directed by Dominic Cooke
Written by Tom O'Connor
Produced by Ben Browning, Ben Pugh, Adam Ackland
Box Office0Revenue: $26.0M

Top Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Greville Wynne

Merab Ninidze

Merab Ninidze

Oleg Penkovsky

Rachel Brosnahan

Rachel Brosnahan

Emily Donovan

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

Sheila Wynne

Angus Wright

Angus Wright

Dickie Franks

Kirill Pirogov

Kirill Pirogov

Gribanov

Iva Šindelková

Iva Šindelková

Embassy Assistant

Vladimir Chuprikov

Vladimir Chuprikov

Nikita Khrushchev

Fred Haig

Fred Haig

Lee

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Emma Penzina

Nina

Themes & Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)undercovercold warbased on true storymi6british spyrussian spy

About The Courier

The Courier is a thriller, history, drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), undercover, cold war, based on true story, mi6, british spy. Directed by Dominic Cooke, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan. Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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