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The Courier (also known as Ironbark) is a 2020 historical drama film directed by Dominic Cooke. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze, Angus Wright, and Kirill Pirogov.

The Courier had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2020, and is scheduled to be released in the United States and United Kingdom on 19 March 2021.

The Courier tells the "true story of the British businessman who helped the MI6 penetrate the Soviet nuclear programme during the Cold War. Wynne and his Russian source, Oleg Penkovsky (codenamed Ironbark), provided crucial intelligence that ended the Cuban Missile Crisis."