A Compassionate Spy
A Compassionate Spy

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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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

espionageatomic bombfbiworld war iinuclear bombnuclear weaponssoviet spymanhattan projectlos alamos

Production House

Participant
Kartemquin Films
Mitten Media

Audience Score

62%

6 votes

Skip13%
Timepass30%
Go for it37%
Perfection20%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Theodore Hall

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

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

Leslie Groves

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joseph E. Davies

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Crew

Steve James

Steve James

Director, Writer, Editor

Jeff Skoll

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

Tim Horsburgh

Executive Producer

Diane Weyermann

Executive Producer

Tom Bergmann

Tom Bergmann

Director of Photography

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