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Release Date:
August 31, 2022
Original Title:
A Compassionate Spy
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Kartemquin Films
Mitten Media
Participant
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 102
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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Director:
Steve James
Director of Photography:
Tom Bergmann
Editor:
Steve James
Executive Producer:
Jeff Skoll
Diane Weyermann
Tim Horsburgh
Writer:
Steve James
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