Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan in the trailer for The Courier

Benedict Cumberbatch, Angus Wright and Rachel Brosnahan in THE COURIER – Photo Credit Liam Daniel – Courtesy of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions

The Courier is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK’s MI-6 and a CIA operative, 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.

The film is directed by Dominic Cooke, stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze, Angus Wright, and Kirill Pirogov.

Coming to Cinemas on March 19, 2021.