The Courier

Stars
4
Rating
PG-13
Author
Tom O'Connor
Length
112 min
Director
Dominic Cooke
The Courier
Synopsis
"The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to deliver messages to secret agent Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s. . . . The Courier tells the 'true story of the British businessman who helped MI6 penetrate the Soviet nuclear programme during the Cold War. Wynne and his Soviet source, Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed Ironbark), provided crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis.'" [Wikipedia]
Genre
Historical
Released
2020
Location
Europe & America
Netflix
No

This movie is linked to the following periods

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Begin
End
Category
Cold War (Global)
1945
1991
Wars