A Compassionate Spy

A Compassionate Spy (2022) is a documentary film directed by Steve James rated 6.2/10.

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.

Cast

Theodore Hall

Self (archive footage)

Joan Hall

Self

Joseph Albright

Self

Marcia Kunstel

Self

Daniel Axelrod

Self

J. Michael Wright

Ted Hall

Lucy Zukaitis

Joan Hall

Nicolas Eastlund

Savy Sax

Mickey O'Sullivan

FBI Agent McQueen

Tom Goodwin

FBI Agent 3

Zach Twardowski

Ed Hall

Olivia Piper

Young Ruthie