espionage,atomic bomb,fbi,world war ii,nuclear bomb,nuclear weapons,soviet spy,manhattan project,los alamos

A Compassionate Spy (2022)

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

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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Steve James
  • Profile picture of Theodore Hall
    Self (archive footage) Theodore Hall
  • Profile picture of Mickey O'Sullivan
    FBI Agent McQueen Mickey O'Sullivan
  • Profile picture of Leslie Groves
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Leslie Groves
  • Profile picture of J. Robert Oppenheimer
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Profile picture of Walter Huston
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Walter Huston
  • Profile picture of Ann Harding
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Ann Harding
  • Profile picture of Harry S. Truman
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Harry S. Truman
  • Profile picture of Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Keywords

  • espionage
  • atomic bomb
  • fbi
  • world war ii
  • nuclear bomb
  • nuclear weapons
  • soviet spy
  • manhattan project
  • los alamos