On this episode of Why Watch That:

SNEAK PEEK

The Courier 

Website: Roadside Attractions

Synopsis: THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne  (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. 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.

Release Date: In theaters Friday, March 19, 2021
Directed by: Dominic Cooke
Screenplay by: Tom O’Connor
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, and Jessie Buckley
Distributor: Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
Genre: Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Rated PG-13