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.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dominic Cooke
Writers: Tom O’Connor
Producers: Adam Ackland, Ben Browning, Ben Pugh, Rory Aitken
Executive Producers: Leah Clarke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ashley Fox, Glen Basner, Alison Cohen, Milan Popelka, Dominic Cooke, Tom O’Connor, Josh Varney
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley
Distributor: Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate
Running time: 111 Minutes
Rating: PG-13
Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will release THE COURIER
only in theaters on March 19th, 2021.