This is based upon a true story
Well Paced and Well Told Spy Story
In 1960 business man Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) is selected by the CIA and US State Department to act as a Courier to Russian Diplomat Oleg Pankovsky (Mereb Ninidze) in the hopes of learning what Russian intends to do re putting missiles into Cuba. Oleg called Alex in the story gives many documents to Greville to send to the US re Russia's plans regarding Cuba.
This movie is, of course, in color but many of the scenes we shall see appear to be black and white for dramatic effect I am sure.
This is well told and well acted by all.
Notables: Angus Wright as Dickie Franks a MI-16 executive who along with Rachael Brosnahan as Emily Donovan, a CIA agent recruit Greville to be their spy in Russia; Jessie Buckley as Sheila, Greville's wife.
This is a well paced spy story that details the most of the true under currents of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
We do come to see that the real hero of this event is Oleg Pankovsky.
Stay to the end to see what happened to Grevill Wynne and Oleg aka Alex Pandovsky.
Violence: Yes Sex: No.
Nudity: No.
Humor: No.
Language: No.
Rating: A (
Well Paced and Well Told Spy Story
In 1960 business man Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) is selected by the CIA and US State Department to act as a Courier to Russian Diplomat Oleg Pankovsky (Mereb Ninidze) in the hopes of learning what Russian intends to do re putting missiles into Cuba. Oleg called Alex in the story gives many documents to Greville to send to the US re Russia's plans regarding Cuba.
This movie is, of course, in color but many of the scenes we shall see appear to be black and white for dramatic effect I am sure.
This is well told and well acted by all.
Notables: Angus Wright as Dickie Franks a MI-16 executive who along with Rachael Brosnahan as Emily Donovan, a CIA agent recruit Greville to be their spy in Russia; Jessie Buckley as Sheila, Greville's wife.
This is a well paced spy story that details the most of the true under currents of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
We do come to see that the real hero of this event is Oleg Pankovsky.
Stay to the end to see what happened to Grevill Wynne and Oleg aka Alex Pandovsky.
Violence: Yes Sex: No.
Nudity: No.
Humor: No.
Language: No.
Rating: A (
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