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      The Courier

      2020, Mystery & thriller/History, 1h 51m

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      The Courier delivers a rousingly effective old-school spy adventure elevated by a thrilling fact-based story and Benedict Cumberbatch's nervy central performance. Read critic reviews

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      Benedict Cumberbatch is terrific in The Courier, hooking the viewer in while the slow-burning story shifts into gear. Read audience reviews

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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.

      • Rating: PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Brief Strong Language|Smoking Throughout|Violence)

      • Genre: Mystery & thriller, History, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Dominic Cooke

      • Producer: Adam Ackland, Rory Aitken, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh

      • Writer: Tom O'Connor

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $6.6M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Lionsgate - Roadside Attractions

      • Production Co: 42, SunnyMarch, FilmNation Entertainment

      Cast & Crew

      Merab Ninidze
      Vladimir Chuprikov
      Rachel Brosnahan
      Tom O'Connor
      Ben Pugh
      Glen Basner
      Leah Clarke
      Alison Cohen
      Dominic Cooke
      Sean Bobbitt
      Tariq Anwar
      Abel Korzeniowski
      Suzie Davies
      Daniel Kearns
      Charlotte Dirickx
      Keith Madden

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