The Courier

The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke and written by Tom O'Connor. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, Merab Ninidze as Oleg Penkovsky, and Rachel Brosnahan as Emily Donovan. Based on the true story of a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to be a message conduit with Russian spy source Oleg Penkovsky in the 1960s, the film follows Wynne's efforts to prevent a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.