A Compassionate Spy Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Jun. 28, 2023

A Compassionate Spy

Release Date: Friday, August 4, 2023 Limited

Director: Steve James

N/A Documentary 1 hr, 42 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Recruited in 1944 as an 18-year-old Harvard undergraduate to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned during 1944—with Germany clearly losing the war—that a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon could lead to nuclear catastrophe, he decided beginning that October to start passing key information about the bomb’s construction to the Soviet Union. After the war, at the University of Chicago, he met and married Joan, a fellow student with whom he shared a passion for classical music and socialist causes — and the explosive secret of his espionage. Living under a cloud of suspicion and years of FBI surveillance and intimidation, the pair raised a family while Ted refocused his scientific brilliance on groundbreaking biophysics research.

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Who stars in A Compassionate Spy – Cast List

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Who is making A Compassionate Spy – Crew List

A look at A Compassionate Spy behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Steve James last helmed Abacus: Small Enough To Jail and Life Itself.

Director: Steve James
Screenwriters: —

Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the A Compassionate Spy

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May 2023

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: 1 hr, 42 m
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Language: English

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A Compassionate Spy

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A Compassionate Spy Release Date: When was the film released?

A Compassionate Spy was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, August 4 , 2023. There were 16 16 other movies released on the same date, including Meg 2: The Trench, Shortcomings and Mob Land. As a limited release, A Compassionate Spy was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

The estimated home release date for A Compassionate Spy is currently being determined. Stay tuned!