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A Compassionate Spy

This Russian guy, he indicated thatif we were in New York, they could help us more. And as...

This Russian guy, he indicated that
if we were in New York, they could help us more. And as it happened,
Ted had just finished his PhD. So he applied for a job at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
in New York City. They hired him for the princely sum
of I think 6000 dollars a year. To my mother's
hysterical displeasure, we left Chicago
and moved to New York

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This Russian guy,
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he indicated that if we were in New York,
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they could help us more.
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And as it happened, Ted had just finished his PhD.
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So he applied for a job
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at the Sloan Kettering Institute
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for Cancer Research in New York City.
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They hired him
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for the princely sum of I think 6000 dollars a year.
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To my mother's hysterical displeasure,
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we left Chicago and moved to New York.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:44
Uploaded
May 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Participant,Kartemquin Films,Mitten Media

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Movie Summary

The incredible story of Manhattan Project scientist Ted Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia.
[soft music playing] - A Compassionate Spy 00:26
[soft music playing]
Fairly successful in my role as a mother, - A Compassionate Spy 00:15
Fairly successful in my role as a mother,
And I had nobody to talk to. - A Compassionate Spy 00:13
And I had nobody to talk to.
Interviewer: But, politics, no. - A Compassionate Spy 00:04
Interviewer: But, politics, no.
[soft music concludes] - A Compassionate Spy 00:51
[soft music concludes]
Funny kind of way. He was doing it, - A Compassionate Spy 00:06
Funny kind of way. He was doing it,
And he told me beforehand that he was going to offer - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
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 00:24
I told him absolutely don't be silly, it wouldn't ...
It was an invitation from my department head - A Compassionate Spy 00:10
It was an invitation from my department head
[scoffs] I put on my most decent dress, - A Compassionate Spy 00:29
[scoffs] I put on my most decent dress,
As it happens, our route from our house - A Compassionate Spy 00:05
As it happens, our route from our house
It was pretty close. - A Compassionate Spy 00:21
It was pretty close.
We both sat there, like, I don't know what, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
We both sat there, like, I don't know what,
And we got up to the party, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
And we got up to the party,
And, at the earliest possible, decent moment, - A Compassionate Spy 00:07
And, at the earliest possible, decent moment,
Ted: And it certainly, uh, brought home the fact that - A Compassionate Spy 00:14
Ted: And it certainly, uh, brought home the fact that
Joan: One of the traumatic things about it - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
Joan: One of the traumatic things about it
Fascination of the media with the details of these deaths. - A Compassionate Spy 00:04
Fascination of the media with the details of these deaths.
Joan: It was hideous, it was really, really awful. - A Compassionate Spy 00:08
Joan: It was hideous, it was really, really awful.
But after that, we felt that getting out of the United States - A Compassionate Spy 00:11
But after that, we felt that getting out of the United State...