A Compassionate Spy

1h 42min

Documentary

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.

Production Companies

Participant

Kartemquin Films

Mitten Media

Cast

Theodore Hall

Theodore Hall

Self (archive footage)
Lucy Zukaitis

Lucy Zukaitis

Joan Hall
Mickey O'Sullivan

Mickey O'Sullivan

FBI Agent McQueen
Tom Goodwin

Tom Goodwin

FBI Agent 3
Olivia Piper

Olivia Piper

Young Ruthie
Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph E. Davies

Joseph E. Davies

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Harding

Ann Harding

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Manart Kippen

Manart Kippen

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry L. Stimson

Henry L. Stimson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Stalin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Tibbets

Paul Tibbets

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Rosenberg

Julius Rosenberg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethel Rosenberg

Ethel Rosenberg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Release date

31st Aug 2022

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English