Movie·2022·1h 42m
A Compassionate Spy
He saw a world about to burn and would do anything to save it.
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.
Producer
Jeff Skoll, Tim Horsburgh
Cinematography
Tom Bergmann
Editor
Steve James
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
6 votes
Where to watch
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// cast
Cast
Theodore Hall
Self (archive footage)
Joan Hall
Self
Joseph Albright
Self
Marcia Kunstel
Self
Daniel Axelrod
Self
J. Michael Wright
Ted Hall
Lucy Zukaitis
Joan Hall
Nicolas Eastlund
Savy Sax
Mickey O'Sullivan
FBI Agent McQueen
Tom Goodwin
FBI Agent 3
Zach Twardowski
Ed Hall
Olivia Piper
Young Ruthie
Enzo Inalsingh
Sax baby
Kate Marie Smith
Susan Sax
Leslie Groves
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph E. Davies
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Huston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Steve James
Director, Editor, Writer
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
Tim Horsburgh
Executive Producer
Diane Weyermann
Executive Producer
Tom Bergmann
Director of Photography
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