A Compassionate Spy (2022)
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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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
Where to watch A Compassionate Spy
Hulu, Kanopy, Hoopla
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