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The Courier is a 2020 historical spy film directed by Dominic Cooke. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, a British businessman who was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to deliver messages to secret agent Oleg Penkovsky (played by Merab Ninidze) in the 1960s. Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright also star.
The Courier had its world premiere under its original title Ironbark at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2020, was released in the United States on 19 March 2021, and in the United Kingdom on 17 May 2021. The film received generally favorable reviews from critics.