A Compassionate Spy (2022)

  • NR
  • 09/03/2022 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 42m

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

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.

Steve James

Director, Writer

Cast

Theodore Hall's headshot

Theodore Hall

Self (archive footage)
Joan Hall's headshot

Joan Hall

Self
Joseph Albright's headshot

Joseph Albright

Self
Marcia Kunstel's headshot

Marcia Kunstel

Self
Daniel Axelrod's headshot

Daniel Axelrod

Self
J. Michael Wright's headshot

J. Michael Wright

Ted Hall
Lucy Zukaitis's headshot

Lucy Zukaitis

Joan Hall
Nicolas Eastlund's headshot

Nicolas Eastlund

Savy Sax

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