Film Review: Benedict Cumberbatch is in good form as an amateur spy in 'The Courier'

"...the tone quickly takes on the kind of grimly realistic tone we associate with John le Carré’s spy novels..."

The Courier: intrigue and suspense at a steady pace

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Opening in 1960, The Courier (12A) stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a businessman with trade experience behind the Iron Curtain who agrees to contact Colonel Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) on behalf of MI6.