The Courier

2020 Drama
70%

Salesman Greville Wynne is recruited to infiltrate Cold War Moscow, where he becomes friends with Oleg Penkovsky, whose intelligence he carries to the CIA and MI6 from 1961. But as the stakes rise, Greville makes some risky choices - with deadly consequences. Fact-based spy drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze

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by Deirdre Molumby
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'The Courier' starring Benedict Cumberbatch is a well-made if underwhelming thriller

Set in the 1960s, ‘The Courier’ depicts a true story from the Cold War era. A British businessman, Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch), and his Soviet source, Colonel Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze), work together to help MI6 penetrate the Soviet nuclear programme. They hope to bring an end to the Cuban missile crisis.

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