Movie
The Courier
Overview
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Thriller, History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- SunnyMarch, 42, FilmNation Entertainment
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne
- Merab Ninidze as Oleg Penkovsky
- Rachel Brosnahan as Emily Donovan
- Jessie Buckley as Sheila Wynne
- Angus Wright as Dickie Franks
- Kirill Pirogov as Gribanov
- Iva Šindelková as Embassy Assistant
- Vladimir Chuprikov as Nikita Khrushchev
- Fred Haig as Lee
- Emma Penzina as Nina
- Mariya Mironova as Vera
- Anton Lesser as Bertrand
Crew
- Dominic Cooke - Director
- Tom O'Connor - Screenplay
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