Movie Review: An Unassuming British Salesman Reluctantly Forms An Unlikely Partnership With A Soviet Officer In Thrilling “The Courier”

  The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan & Jessie Buckley Star In “The Courier” March 19

“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 …