A Compassionate Spy
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.
Genres: Documentary
Cast: Theodore Hall, Joan Hall, Joseph Albright, Marcia Kunstel, Daniel Axelrod, J. Michael Wright, Lucy Zukaitis, Nicolas Eastlund
Status: Released
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