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The Courier (2020)

PG-1301/24/2020Thriller, History, Drama1h 52m

Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy.

Overview

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Greville Wynne

  2. Cast 1

    Merab Ninidze

    Oleg Penkovsky

  3. Cast 1

    Rachel Brosnahan

    Emily Donovan

  4. Cast 1

    Jessie Buckley

    Sheila Wynne

  5. Cast 1

    Angus Wright

    Dickie Franks

  6. Cast 1

    Kirill Pirogov

    Gribanov

  7. Cast 1

    Iva Šindelková

    Embassy Assistant

  8. Cast 1

    Vladimir Chuprikov

    Nikita Khrushchev

  9. Cast 1

    Fred Haig

    Lee

Excellent! It's not quite <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/bridge-of-spies/" rel="nofollow">Bridge of Spies</a>'</em>, but <em>'The Courier'</em> is too an awesome MI6/CIA/KGB infused flick. The two films tell tales regarding the Cold War, with the 2015 release narrowly a notch above this. Both have outstanding lead performances though. Benedict Cumberbatch is magnificent throughout, especially towards the end - the bald look suits him incredibly well, I must say... need him in a drug kingpin sorta role looking like that! In all seriousness though, I think this is my favourite C...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $26,000,000.00

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