First Friday Film: The Courier

In this true-life Cold War spy thriller, a British businessman, Greville Wynne, becomes entangled in one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Recruited by MI6 and a CIA operative, Wynne forms a covert alliance with a Soviet spy, and both men risk everything in a dangerous race against time to provide the intelligence needed to prevent nuclear confrontation and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel Brosnahan.