About this release
Director Dominic Cooke's historical drama stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Merab Ninidze. Cumberbatch plays Greville Wynne, a British electrical engineer and businessman turned M16 agent who relays crucial intelligence about the Soviet nuclear program to the CIA. With the help of his Russian informant, Oleg Penkovsky (a.k.a. Ironbark), he aids the Western Bloc in defusing the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.
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Disc 1
DVD
The Courier (2020)
112 min
HistoryThrillerDrama
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Credits
Director
Dominic Cooke
Writer
Tom O'Connor
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatchas Greville Wynne
Merab Ninidzeas Oleg Penkovsky
Rachel Brosnahanas Emily Donovan
Jessie Buckleyas Sheila Wynne
Angus Wrightas Dickie Franks
Kirill Pirogovas Gribanov
Iva Šindelkováas Embassy Assistant
Vladimir Chuprikovas Nikita Khrushchev
Fred Haigas Lee
Emma Penzinaas Nina
Cinematographer
Sean Bobbitt
Composer
Abel Korzeniowski
Editor
Gareth C. Scales
Tariq Anwar
Producer
Ben Browning
Ben Pugh
Rory Aitken
Adam Ackland
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 11, 2026