AdvertisementIn 'Imitation Game,' An Outsider Takes Center StageNovember 29, 2014NPR StafffacebookEmailBenedict Cumberbatch stars as British mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game; Charles Dance plays Commander Denniston. Director Morten Tyldum says the movie is set up like a mystery — "like a puzzle you're piecing together." (Black Bear Pictures)