111 mins |
Rated
M (Violence & offensive language)
Directed by Dominic Cooke
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Rachel Brosnahan, Angus Wright, Merab Ninidze
THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (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.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
"A decorous, solidly smart thriller whose menace maintains a sort of low, steady hum" . Leah Greenblatt-Entertainment Weekly
"A solid spy drama about ordinary people caught up in Cold War espionage, Dominic Cooke's Ironbark is as meat-and-potatoes as its real-life hero". John Defore - Hollywood Reporter
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THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (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.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
"A decorous, solidly smart thriller whose menace maintains a sort of low, steady hum" . Leah Greenblatt-Entertainment Weekly
"A solid spy drama about ordinary people caught up in Cold War espionage, Dominic Cooke's Ironbark is as meat-and-potatoes as its real-life hero". John Defore - Hollywood Reporter