A Compassionate Spy (2022)

08/31/2022 (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.

A Compassionate Spy (2022)

08/31/2022 (US) • 1h 42m

Documentary

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.

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Joseph Albright

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J. Michael Wright

Ted Hall

Joan Hall

Nicolas Eastlund

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Mickey O'Sullivan

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

espionage

atomic bomb

fbi

world war ii

nuclear bomb

nuclear weapons

soviet spy

manhattan project

los alamos

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