Self (archive footage)
Theodore Hall
Self (archive footage)
A Compassionate Spy
“He saw a world about to burn and would do anything to save it.”
6.2
2022
1h 42m
Documentary
Director: Steve James
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.
Trailer
A Compassionate Spy - Official Trailer | Directed by Steve James | Opening August 4 Official
Cast
Self
Joan Hall
Self
Self
Joseph Albright
Self
Self
Marcia Kunstel
Self
Self
Daniel Axelrod
Self
Ted Hall
J. Michael Wright
Ted Hall
Joan Hall
Lucy Zukaitis
Joan Hall
Savy Sax
Nicolas Eastlund
Savy Sax
FBI Agent McQueen
Mickey O'Sullivan
FBI Agent McQueen
FBI Agent 3
Tom Goodwin
FBI Agent 3
Ed Hall
Zach Twardowski
Ed Hall
Young Ruthie
Olivia Piper
Young Ruthie
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Featurettes (1)
STEVE JAMES on A COMPASSIONATE SPY (Los Alamos Documentary) | Film Independent Presents
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