A Compassionate Spy

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

6.2
20221h 42m

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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Thumbnail for video: A Compassionate Spy - Official Trailer | Directed by Steve James | Opening August 4

A Compassionate Spy - Official Trailer | Directed by Steve James | Opening August 4

Thumbnail for video: STEVE JAMES on A COMPASSIONATE SPY (Los Alamos Documentary) | Film Independent Presents

STEVE JAMES on A COMPASSIONATE SPY (Los Alamos Documentary) | Film Independent Presents

Cast

Photo of Theodore Hall

Theodore Hall

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Mickey O'Sullivan

Mickey O'Sullivan

FBI Agent McQueen

Photo of Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Ann Harding

Ann Harding

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Julius Rosenberg

Julius Rosenberg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Photo of Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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