The Courier (2021)

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Alternate/Foreign Title: Ironbark [Working title]

DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2021-06-01

Genre: Thriller

Sub-genre: Drama

Director: Dominic Cooke

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch , Keir Hills , Jessie Buckley , Zeljko Ivanek , Rachel Brosnahan , Anton Lesser , Angus Wright , Vladimir Chuprikov , Merab Ninidze , James Schofield , Fred Haig , Emma Penzina , Mariya Mironova , Kirill Pirogov , Petr Klimes

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Synopsis: 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. Source: RottenTomatoes.com

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