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6.2/10 • 6

2022-08-311h 42m

Documentary

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.

Directors
Steve James
Writters
Steve James
Editors
Steve James

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  1. Theodore Hall

    Theodore Hall

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Joan Hall

    Joan Hall

    Self

  3. Joseph Albright

    Joseph Albright

    Self

  4. Marcia Kunstel

    Marcia Kunstel

    Self

  5. Daniel Axelrod

    Daniel Axelrod

    Self

  6. J. Michael Wright

    J. Michael Wright

    Ted Hall

  7. Lucy Zukaitis

    Lucy Zukaitis

    Joan Hall

  8. Nicolas Eastlund

    Nicolas Eastlund

    Savy Sax

  9. Mickey O'Sullivan

    Mickey O'Sullivan

    FBI Agent McQueen

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
espionageatomic bombfbiworld war iinuclear bombnuclear weaponssoviet spymanhattan projectlos alamos