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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.

2021 · 1h 51m
Director Dominic Cooke

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The Courier

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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.

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Average 6.8
Reviews 215
Fresh 183
Rotten 32

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Studio
42
Released
2021
Run Time
1 hr 51 min
Rated
M Violence & offensive language
Content Advisories
Violence, Offensive language
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, United States, Czechia
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Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), French
Audio

English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.