Saturday Matinee: The Courier

Program Type:

Movies

Age Group:

Teens, Adults
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COMING SOON TO A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!


Join us at the Bedford Central Library for a monthly Saturday afternoon screening of a movie for adults and teens.

This month we will be showing The Courier starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, and Angus Wright.

Plot: This historical drama fictionalizes the story of Greville Wynne, a British electrical engineer and businessman turned M16 agent who relays crucial intelligence about the Soviet nuclear program to the CIA. With the help of his Russian informant, Oleg Penkovsky (a.k.a. Ironbark), he aids the Western Bloc in defusing the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

Rating: PG-13

Run Time: 111 Minutes