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  1. Greville Maynard Wynne (19 March 1919 – 28 February 1990) was a British engineer and businessman recruited by MI6 because of his frequent travel to Eastern Europe. He acted as a courier to transport top-secret information to London from the Soviet agent Oleg Penkovsky.

  2. Mar 18, 2021 · Greville Wynne was a British businessman recruited by MI6 to meet a Soviet spy in Moscow and deliver him secret information. The Courier, a new spy thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is based on his true story and the challenges he faced.

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  4. Mar 1, 2021 · The Courier is a movie based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a businessman who became a spy for MI6 and the CIA during the Cold War. Learn how accurate the film is, who were the real people behind the characters, and what was the impact of Wynne's intelligence on the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  5. Mar 20, 2021 · Learn about the real-life story of Greville Wynne, a middle-class businessman who became a Cold War spy for MI-6 and helped avert the Cuban Missile Crisis. Find out what's true and what's not in the movie \"The Courier\" starring Cumberbatch.

  6. Wynne Was a Very Unreliable Narrator. Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Courier, a gripping spy film about a British businessman turned Cold War spy. Greville Wynne and Russian spy Oleg...

  7. Jan 4, 2024 · The Courier is a movie based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a British businessman who became an MI6 agent and helped prevent a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. Learn about the real Greville Wynne, his friendship with Oleg Penkovsky, and the historical events of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  8. Mar 2, 1990 · Greville Wynne, who spied on the Soviet Union for Britain in the cold war and who spent 18 months in a Moscow prison after being caught, died of throat cancer on Wednesday, hospital officials...

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