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A Compassionate Spy
“He saw a world about to burn and would do anything to save it.”
6.2 / 10• 2022• 1h 42m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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 & Crew
Theodore Hall
Self (archive footage)
LeadJH
Joan Hall
Self
JA
Joseph Albright
Self
MK
Marcia Kunstel
Self
DA
Daniel Axelrod
Self
JM
J. Michael Wright
Ted Hall
LZ
Lucy Zukaitis
Joan Hall
NE
Nicolas Eastlund
Savy Sax
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steve James's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Compassionate Spy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
