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A Compassionate Spy
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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Synopsis
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.
More about A Compassionate Spy
Cast
Theodore HallSelf (archive footage)Credits
- Directed by
- Steve James
- Written by
- Steve James
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
ParticipantUnited States
Kartemquin FilmsUnited States
Mitten MediaUnited States
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