The Courier
2020
1h 52min
Rating: 12A
Director: Dominic Cooke
Writer: Tom O'Connor
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan
Based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a British businessman turned spy. At the height of the Cold War, against the background of the Cuban Missile crisis, Wynne is recruited to act as a courier, transferring information from his Russian contact to MI6.
“Stylish, old-fashioned and enormously satisfying”
“Well shot, very well acted, and enthralling”
“Cumberbatch shines”