The Courier (2020)
Benedict Cumberbatch: Greville Wynne
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Quotes
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Oleg Penkovsky : Greville, I thought I could make the world a safer place. But I failed. All this, betraying my country, my people, was for nothing.
Greville Wynne : Alex... of course I forgive you. I have to look after my family too. Easier now there's not going to be a nuclear war. Because Khrushchev withdrew his missiles. Because of you.
Greville Wynne : [as he is lead away by guards] Because of you. You did it. You did it, Alex. You! You did it. Because of you, Alex! You did it!
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Greville Wynne : What if I get caught?
Oleg Penkovsky : You won't.
Greville Wynne : You don't know that! They'd execute me, correct?
Oleg Penkovsky : Not if they found out you are just a courier. That you took packages but didn't know what was in them. They would hold you to trade for one of theirs.
Greville Wynne : How long?
Oleg Penkovsky : Just a couple of years.
Greville Wynne : Oh a couple of years, rotting away in some Russian gulag!
Oleg Penkovsky : They will not catch us. The KGB will have no idea. Listen, I'm better at this than they are.
Greville Wynne : Fine. But I'm not.
Oleg Penkovsky : Look, your work - it is only deception. Controlling your emotion. I watched you do it in Moscow. You did it tonight.
Greville Wynne : It's really not the same thing.
Oleg Penkovsky : If we're caught, they will definitely execute me.
Greville Wynne : Well I'm very sorry but that's your choice.
Oleg Penkovsky : That's how sure I am that you can do this. I'm betting my life on it.
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Greville Wynne : [looking at a small device] What does this do? Shoot poison darts?
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Greville Wynne : Oleg - can I call you Oleg?
Oleg Penkovsky : In English, my name doesn't sound good. Call me Alex.
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Oleg Penkovsky : Now the most important question, if you want to do business in Moscow, I need to know.
Greville Wynne : Yes?
Oleg Penkovsky : Can you hold your alcohol?
Greville Wynne : [leans forward] It's my one true gift.
[they both laugh and finish their spirits in one gulp]
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Sheila : Sounds like work.
Greville Wynne : No. Tell them I'm in my chair!