A Compassionate Spy
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2022-08-31
Runtime: 102 mins
Director: Steve James
Writer: Steve James
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: A Compassionate Spy
Production Companies: Participant, Kartemquin Films, Mitten Media
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Theodore Hall
Joan Hall
Joseph Albright
Marcia Kunstel
Daniel Axelrod
J. Michael Wright
Lucy Zukaitis
Nicolas Eastlund
Mickey O'Sullivan
Tom Goodwin
Zach Twardowski
Olivia Piper
Enzo Inalsingh
Kate Marie Smith
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