A Compassionate Spy

2022 • 1h 42m • Documentary

81%Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Director

Steve James

Writers

Steve James

Status

Released