The Courier: A Spy Thriller Based on True Events Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
The Courier isn't just about the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, nor about how the CIA & MI6 agents worked together to prevent a nuclear war, it is about two individuals who risked their lives to save mankind. These two individuals are Greville Wynne & Oleg Penkovsky. The Courier (2021) Genres: History, Thriller Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Rachel Brosnahan This true story takes place in 1960 when CIA agent Emily Donovan (Rachel Brosnahan), urges MI6 agent Dickie Franks, to provide a man off the radar who can bring the courier from Moscow to London without leaving any trace. Yes, the courier is the secret military data of the Soviet Union. So they recruited Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch), he is a salesman and occasionally travels to Moscow for business. Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) is a colonel of the Soviet intelligence agency (KGB) and a spy of America. He supplies all the secret data to Greville, then Greville smuggles them ...