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A Compassionate Spy

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.

Director

Steve James

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, history

Box Office

$34,502

Production

Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

Awards

3 nominations

Homepage

https://www.magpictures.com/acompassionatespy/

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McQueen: You came up with a plan
about how you'd become spies, - A Compassionate Spy

McQueen: You came up with a plan about how you'd become...

Ted: In which
they were threatening him - A Compassionate Spy

Ted: In which they were threatening him

Joan: And Savy was
much more vulnerable, - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: And Savy was much more vulnerable,

Joan: Savy, mixed up as he was,
unstable as he was, - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: Savy, mixed up as he was, unstable as he was,

Ted: And then these two guys
came back to question me - A Compassionate Spy

Ted: And then these two guys came back to question me

Marcia: Ted was a little bit
more aggressive with them. - A Compassionate Spy

Marcia: Ted was a little bit more aggressive with them.

Marcia: He said, "So, you guys,
you use really bad methods." - A Compassionate Spy

Marcia: He said, "So, you guys, you use really bad meth...

It was quite extraordinary...
[chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy

It was quite extraordinary... [chuckles]

[chuckles] But that was
the big lie that Ted told - A Compassionate Spy

[chuckles] But that was the big lie that Ted told

And it was one
that had to be done. - A Compassionate Spy

And it was one that had to be done.

Joan: He came home
and told me briefly - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: He came home and told me briefly

- Young Joan: Everything?
- Anything progressive, - A Compassionate Spy

- Young Joan: Everything? - Anything progressive,

Joan: And what we had
to do now was to collect - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: And what we had to do now was to collect

[Young Joan
speaking indistinctly] - A Compassionate Spy

[Young Joan speaking indistinctly]

Joan:
As we got into the car, - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: As we got into the car,

They were bewildered, "Why?" - A Compassionate Spy

They were bewildered, "Why?"

And then we drove to a spot - A Compassionate Spy

And then we drove to a spot

Joan: And then we drove home
and we went to bed. - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: And then we drove home and we went to bed.

It looked as if
there were storm clouds - A Compassionate Spy

It looked as if there were storm clouds

So we just practiced
this nice easy tactic of... - A Compassionate Spy

So we just practiced this nice easy tactic of...

[scoffs] ...ignoring things
as much as possible, - A Compassionate Spy

[scoffs] ...ignoring things as much as possible,

Over the weekend,
we went out with - A Compassionate Spy

Over the weekend, we went out with

And we strolled around - A Compassionate Spy

And we strolled around

[Ruthie cooing] - A Compassionate Spy

[Ruthie cooing]

My parents would have reacted, - A Compassionate Spy

My parents would have reacted,

Joan: We dropped out
of the Communist Party - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: We dropped out of the Communist Party

I was being a mummy at home, - A Compassionate Spy

I was being a mummy at home,

Not only from
the conscientious political - A Compassionate Spy

Not only from the conscientious political

And I was having a lot
of contact with people, - A Compassionate Spy

And I was having a lot of contact with people,

[somber music playing] - A Compassionate Spy

[somber music playing]

I would like to pick up - A Compassionate Spy

I would like to pick up

You were doing some important
work on implosion, - A Compassionate Spy

You were doing some important work on implosion,

[smack lips] I've thought
about this quite a bit. - A Compassionate Spy

[smack lips] I've thought about this quite a bit.

Joan:
He said that he had decided - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: He said that he had decided

I don't have anything else
to say on this subject, - A Compassionate Spy

I don't have anything else to say on this subject,

And, uh, he stood up, - A Compassionate Spy

And, uh, he stood up,

Joan: They said
you'd better talk with us - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: They said you'd better talk with us

And Ted sort of shrugged. - A Compassionate Spy

And Ted sort of shrugged.

Joan:
They followed him, - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: They followed him,

They didn't follow him. - A Compassionate Spy

They didn't follow him.

Joan: It took him
to the ground floor, - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: It took him to the ground floor,

into the ice cold,
fresh air. - A Compassionate Spy

into the ice cold, fresh air.

Marcia: And FBI agent McQueen
was very frustrated - A Compassionate Spy

Marcia: And FBI agent McQueen was very frustrated

In the '90s,
after McQueen left the FBI - A Compassionate Spy

In the '90s, after McQueen left the FBI

He went into the house,
and he took the phone apart. - A Compassionate Spy

He went into the house, and he took the phone apart.

I have this brother
who is 11 years older than me - A Compassionate Spy

I have this brother who is 11 years older than me

For better or for worse - A Compassionate Spy

For better or for worse

[dramatic music playing] - A Compassionate Spy

[dramatic music playing]

Joan: Ted explained
what he had done - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: Ted explained what he had done

Ed didn't criticize him
in any way. - A Compassionate Spy

Ed didn't criticize him in any way.

The repairman
finished his repairs, - A Compassionate Spy

The repairman finished his repairs,

[ominous music playing] - A Compassionate Spy

[ominous music playing]

[chuckles] Theoretically, yeah, - A Compassionate Spy

[chuckles] Theoretically, yeah,

And, uh, and it might...
[chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy

And, uh, and it might... [chuckles]

It would have been
a deep disgrace for them, - A Compassionate Spy

It would have been a deep disgrace for them,

Chastised me or, um,
attacked me in any way anyhow. - A Compassionate Spy

Chastised me or, um, attacked me in any way anyhow.

I said to Ed,
"You know, we really... - A Compassionate Spy

I said to Ed, "You know, we really...

We really appreciate the way
you reacted to this thing," - A Compassionate Spy

We really appreciate the way you reacted to this thing,"...

And he said, "Well, well, well,
sure, go ahead." [chuckles] - A Compassionate Spy

And he said, "Well, well, well, sure, go ahead." [...

[dramatic music playing] - A Compassionate Spy

[dramatic music playing]

But we took that as well - A Compassionate Spy

But we took that as well

Supposing that we were arrested, - A Compassionate Spy

Supposing that we were arrested,

Oh, God, I mean, the disgrace - A Compassionate Spy

Oh, God, I mean, the disgrace

We both felt things may go
very, very wrong. - A Compassionate Spy

We both felt things may go very, very wrong.

Must have been
sometime during the spring, - A Compassionate Spy

Must have been sometime during the spring,

Secretly, I rather relished
the idea of going to Russia - A Compassionate Spy

Secretly, I rather relished the idea of going to Russia

This Russian guy, - A Compassionate Spy

This Russian guy,

[soft music playing] - A Compassionate Spy

[soft music playing]

Fairly successful
in my role as a mother, - A Compassionate Spy

Fairly successful in my role as a mother,

And I had nobody to talk to. - A Compassionate Spy

And I had nobody to talk to.

Interviewer: But, politics, no. - A Compassionate Spy

Interviewer: But, politics, no.

[soft music concludes] - A Compassionate Spy

[soft music concludes]

Funny kind of way.
He was doing it, - A Compassionate Spy

Funny kind of way. He was doing it,

And he told me beforehand
that he was going to offer - A Compassionate Spy

And he told me beforehand that he was going to offer

I told him absolutely don't be
silly, it wouldn't save them, - A Compassionate Spy

I told him absolutely don't be silly, it wouldn't ...

It was an invitation
from my department head - A Compassionate Spy

It was an invitation from my department head

[scoffs] I put on my
most decent dress, - A Compassionate Spy

[scoffs] I put on my most decent dress,

As it happens,
our route from our house - A Compassionate Spy

As it happens, our route from our house

It was pretty close. - A Compassionate Spy

It was pretty close.

We both sat there, like,
I don't know what, - A Compassionate Spy

We both sat there, like, I don't know what,

And we got up to the party, - A Compassionate Spy

And we got up to the party,

And, at the earliest possible,
decent moment, - A Compassionate Spy

And, at the earliest possible, decent moment,

Ted: And it certainly, uh,
brought home the fact that - A Compassionate Spy

Ted: And it certainly, uh, brought home the fact that

Joan: One of
the traumatic things about it - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: One of the traumatic things about it

Fascination of the media with
the details of these deaths. - A Compassionate Spy

Fascination of the media with the details of these deaths.

Joan: It was hideous,
it was really, really awful. - A Compassionate Spy

Joan: It was hideous, it was really, really awful.

But after that, we felt that
getting out of the United States - A Compassionate Spy

But after that, we felt that getting out of the United State...

Ruthie finished
elementary school, - A Compassionate Spy

Ruthie finished elementary school,

The whole lipstick
and high heels - A Compassionate Spy

The whole lipstick and high heels

I was fascinated
with the idea of going abroad. - A Compassionate Spy

I was fascinated with the idea of going abroad.

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The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Steve James

Writer: N/A

Production: Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: $34,502

Released: 04 Aug 2023

Awards: 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.magpictures.com/acompassionatespy/