A Compassionate Spy
He saw a world about to burn and would do anything to save it.
6.2
6 votes
2022
1h 42m
Documentary
Overview
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.
Directed by Steve James
Top cast
Theodore Hall
Self (archive footage)J
Joan Hall
SelfJ
Joseph Albright
SelfM
Marcia Kunstel
SelfD
Daniel Axelrod
SelfJ
J. Michael Wright
Ted HallL
Lucy Zukaitis
Joan HallN
Nicolas Eastlund
Savy Sax
Mickey O'Sullivan
FBI Agent McQueenT
Tom Goodwin
FBI Agent 3Z
Zach Twardowski
Ed HallO
Olivia Piper
Young RuthieE
Enzo Inalsingh
Sax babyK
Kate Marie Smith
Susan Sax
Leslie Groves
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)J
Joseph E. Davies
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Huston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Harding
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)M
Manart Kippen
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Details
Status
Released
Release date
August 31, 2022
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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