"Based on the incredible true story of a businessman turned spy."

2020

1h 52m

7.0(1361 votes)

Thriller

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Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch

Greville Wynne

Merab Ninidze

Oleg Penkovsky

Rachel Brosnahan

Emily Donovan

Jessie Buckley

Sheila Wynne

Angus Wright

Dickie Franks

Kirill Pirogov

Gribanov

Iva Šindelková

Embassy Assistant

Vladimir Chuprikov

Nikita Khrushchev

Fred Haig

Lee

Emma Penzina

Nina

Creative team

Directed by: Dominic Cooke
Written by: Tom O'Connor
Produced by: Ben Browning
Ben Pugh

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