A Compassionate Spy

2022·1h 42m·Documentary

A Compassionate Spy

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He saw a world about to burn and would do anything to save it.

Directed by Steve James

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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.

Cast

Theodore Hall

Theodore Hall

Self (archive footage)

J

Joan Hall

Self

J

Joseph Albright

Self

M

Marcia Kunstel

Self

D

Daniel Axelrod

Self

J

J. Michael Wright

Ted Hall

L

Lucy Zukaitis

Joan Hall

N

Nicolas Eastlund

Savy Sax

Crew

Director

Steve James

Director of Photography

Tom Bergmann

Editor

Steve James

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StatusReleasedRelease Date2022-08-31Runtime1h 42mLanguageEN

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