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The Catcher Was a Spy

Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.

Director

Ben Lewin

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

$725,223

Production

Serena Films,Animus Films,PalmStar Media

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-catcher-was-a-spy

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Moe Berg

Martinuzzi

Pierfrancesco Favino

Paul Scherrer

Koranda

Rathe

Anna Geislerová

Werner Heisenberg

First Baseman Boston

Lefty Grove

Second Baseman Boston

Shortstop Boston

Joe Cronin

Bill Dalton

Bobby Schofield

NYC Taxi Driver

Philip Lenkowsky

Estella

Clifton Fadiman

Demetri Goritsas

John Kieran

Oscar Levant

Franklin Adams

Piano Pupil

Rozálie Krycnerová

Babe Ruth

Lou Gehrig

Earl Averill

Charlie Gehringer

Head of Japanese Delegation

Kawabata

Hiroyuki Sanada

Jerry Fredericks

Princeton Club MC

Glee Club Soloist

Bill Donovan

George Frost

William Ray Roberts

Robert Furman

Sam Goudsmit

Lecturer (OSS Training)

Crooner

US Army Sergeant Checkpoint

Commanding Officer

Squadron Leader

Brendan Johnston

Signora Amaldi

Professor Amaldi

Giancarlo Giannini

British Colonel

Gabriel Andrews

Boseley

Corporal Kelly

US Army Sergeant Baseball

Pitcher US Army

Italian Resistance #1

Italian Resistance #2

Cristiano Donati

Cold-Eyed German

Rabbi

Shumi Berkowitz

Cantor

Hotel Receptionist

Catherine

Karoline Patrick

Scherrer's Wife

Diebner

Joliot

Weizsacker

First Base Coach

Grogan

Jimmie Foxx

US Army Guard Library Roma

Amaldi's Granddaughter

Amaldi's Grandson

Senators' Catcher

Moe Berg Baseball Double

Fenway Fan

David S. Bookbinder

Fenway Fan

Hélène Cardona

Red Sox Fan

Red Sox Player's Wife

Pamela Figueiredo

Baseball Patron

Guy Eating Peanuts

Red Sox Fan

Red Sox Fan

Frankie Imbergamo

Red Sox Fan

Creighton Jones Jr.

Italian Resistance

Vendor

Dov Kling-Levine

Red Sox Fan

Red Sox Fan

Smoke and Diamonds Party Woman

Rita McDonald Damper

Red Sox Fan

Steven Mulcahy Jr.

Fenway Park Fan

Fenway Park Fan

Newspaper Reporter

Joseph Oliveira

Radio Show Director

Fenway Fan

Scott Sederquist

Soldier

Italian

Fenway Fan

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Moe Berg Sam Goudsmit Robert Furman Estella

Subtitles by explosiveskull - The Catcher Was a Spy

Subtitles by explosiveskull

I've never killed a man - The Catcher Was a Spy

I've never killed a man

Tell me, friend, what did you
do before the war? - The Catcher Was a Spy

Tell me, friend, what did you do before the war?

Did he ever kill anyone? - The Catcher Was a Spy

Did he ever kill anyone?

Two out top of the third,
man on first. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Two out top of the third, man on first.

Fifteen years in the league
and still standing. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Fifteen years in the league and still standing.

Okay, now here's the pitch. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Okay, now here's the pitch.

You hardly play. - The Catcher Was a Spy

You hardly play.

Look, I didn't want to
stop playin' either. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Look, I didn't want to stop playin' either.

We got Ruth, Gehrig, Averill,
Gehringer, Gomez. - The Catcher Was a Spy

We got Ruth, Gehrig, Averill, Gehringer, Gomez.

Kieran, in one of his columns. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Kieran, in one of his columns.

What you staring at, rookie? - The Catcher Was a Spy

What you staring at, rookie?

- What do you mean?
- Uh, he seems strange. - The Catcher Was a Spy

- What do you mean? - Uh, he seems strange.

It's just I don't feel like
showing my dick to a queer. - The Catcher Was a Spy

It's just I don't feel like showing my dick to a q...

You're Moe Berg, aren't you? - The Catcher Was a Spy

You're Moe Berg, aren't you?

Moe Berg,
the baseball player. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Moe Berg, the baseball player.

Actually, you know what, stop.
Here. That's good. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Actually, you know what, stop. Here. That's good.

I wouldn't have
been able to tell. - The Catcher Was a Spy

I wouldn't have been able to tell.

So, what did you think
of the place, honey? - The Catcher Was a Spy

So, what did you think of the place, honey?

No? It means, let's suppose. - The Catcher Was a Spy

No? It means, let's suppose.

Let's suppose there was
a baseball player - The Catcher Was a Spy

Let's suppose there was a baseball player

Cronin is considering
putting you in the lineup. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Cronin is considering putting you in the lineup.

The way you looked at me
when I came in. - The Catcher Was a Spy

The way you looked at me when I came in.

And the reason that I love you - The Catcher Was a Spy

And the reason that I love you

Ladies and gentlemen,
it's time for.. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for..

Yes, the show
where the elite meet - The Catcher Was a Spy

Yes, the show where the elite meet

Tonight, our special guest
is Moe Berg - The Catcher Was a Spy

Tonight, our special guest is Moe Berg

Trick question? Me? - The Catcher Was a Spy

Trick question? Me?

The islands were named
for the wild dogs - The Catcher Was a Spy

The islands were named for the wild dogs

Well, so far, Moe Berg
is batting a thousand! - The Catcher Was a Spy

Well, so far, Moe Berg is batting a thousand!

So, Moe, tell us a little bit
about yourself. - The Catcher Was a Spy

So, Moe, tell us a little bit about yourself.

Ah, yes, she's married
to my father. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Ah, yes, she's married to my father.

Oh, Moe, I have always
wanted to see Japan. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Oh, Moe, I have always wanted to see Japan.

Or you could take me, and I'll
take the pictures myself. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Or you could take me, and I'll take the pictures myself...

- Oh, Estella, come on.
- I'd really like to go, Moe. - The Catcher Was a Spy

- Oh, Estella, come on. - I'd really like to go, Moe.

It's just a series
of exhibition games. - The Catcher Was a Spy

It's just a series of exhibition games.

Tokyo is host of Babe Ruth - The Catcher Was a Spy

Tokyo is host of Babe Ruth

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Berg. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Berg.

My name is Isao Kawabata. - The Catcher Was a Spy

My name is Isao Kawabata.

Please, tell me
all about baseball. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Please, tell me all about baseball.

Well, baseball's a game
where people fail - The Catcher Was a Spy

Well, baseball's a game where people fail

I am a professor of history. - The Catcher Was a Spy

I am a professor of history.

So why would a professor - The Catcher Was a Spy

So why would a professor

Maybe you don't fully
understand, Mr. Berg. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Maybe you don't fully understand, Mr. Berg.

Our cultures are very different,
and growing further apart. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Our cultures are very different, and growing further apart.

If we don't stop to learn
about one another, then.. - The Catcher Was a Spy

If we don't stop to learn about one another, then..

When I was growing up - The Catcher Was a Spy

When I was growing up

Even now, I have no real home,
I have no wife. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Even now, I have no real home, I have no wife.

Everything will change. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Everything will change.

The attack yesterday
on the Hawaiian Islands - The Catcher Was a Spy

The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands

Moe, nice to see you.
Been a long time. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Moe, nice to see you. Been a long time.

How are your knees What do you mean - The Catcher Was a Spy

How are your knees What do you mean

We're setting up a small adjunct
to the State Department. - The Catcher Was a Spy

We're setting up a small adjunct to the State Departmen...

- Give this man a call.
- Thanks. - The Catcher Was a Spy

- Give this man a call. - Thanks.

Gentlemen, may I have
your attention please? - The Catcher Was a Spy

Gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

In light of what lies
before us - The Catcher Was a Spy

In light of what lies before us

♪ Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord.. ♪ - The Catcher Was a Spy

♪ Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.. ...

♪ Where the grapes
of wrath are stored ♪ - The Catcher Was a Spy

♪ Where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪

♪ Marching on ♪ - The Catcher Was a Spy

♪ Marching on ♪

Interesting film
you brought back, Mr. Berg. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Interesting film you brought back, Mr. Berg.

Not all of them go to the top
of a building in Tokyo - The Catcher Was a Spy

Not all of them go to the top of a building in Tokyo

"The Journal
Of Oriental Society" - The Catcher Was a Spy

"The Journal Of Oriental Society"

You read the "JOS?" - The Catcher Was a Spy

You read the "JOS?"

You speak
seven languages fluently - The Catcher Was a Spy

You speak seven languages fluently

In addition,
you're an athlete, - The Catcher Was a Spy

In addition, you're an athlete,

Any job we might care
to give you - The Catcher Was a Spy

Any job we might care to give you

We're looking for people
who can keep secrets - The Catcher Was a Spy

We're looking for people who can keep secrets

We're fighting a war here.
It's very serious business. - The Catcher Was a Spy

We're fighting a war here. It's very serious busin...

Now, personally,
I don't care who a man fucks - The Catcher Was a Spy

Now, personally, I don't care who a man fucks

If it comes down to it - The Catcher Was a Spy

If it comes down to it

They say that patriotism - The Catcher Was a Spy

They say that patriotism

And it's not the last,
it's the first. - The Catcher Was a Spy

And it's not the last, it's the first.

There were many new developments
today at home and abroad. - The Catcher Was a Spy

There were many new developments today at home and abroad.

...we've been engaged
in a massive research - The Catcher Was a Spy

...we've been engaged in a massive research

The purpose of which - The Catcher Was a Spy

The purpose of which

Now, if initial calculations
are correct - The Catcher Was a Spy

Now, if initial calculations are correct

The war could be decided
in a day. - The Catcher Was a Spy

The war could be decided in a day.

We have reason to believe - The Catcher Was a Spy

We have reason to believe

The scientist leading - The Catcher Was a Spy

The scientist leading

So, we must get to him - The Catcher Was a Spy

So, we must get to him

But, uh, he has remained
in contact - The Catcher Was a Spy

But, uh, he has remained in contact

Sam for the physics,
me, military - The Catcher Was a Spy

Sam for the physics, me, military

They should take the city
in a week or two. - The Catcher Was a Spy

They should take the city in a week or two.

We'll go in, find the
physicist and interrogate him. - The Catcher Was a Spy

We'll go in, find the physicist and interrogate him.

Uh, interview him, please. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Uh, interview him, please.

Uh, if the Italian physicist
has any value - The Catcher Was a Spy

Uh, if the Italian physicist has any value

Well, that's why we'd actually
go in with the Fifth Army - The Catcher Was a Spy

Well, that's why we'd actually go in with the Fift...

Ah, an athlete's
uncomplicated hubris. - The Catcher Was a Spy

Ah, an athlete's uncomplicated hubris.

If the enemy intercepts
your communication - The Catcher Was a Spy

If the enemy intercepts your communication

Never hold the gun
by the clip when firing - The Catcher Was a Spy

Never hold the gun by the clip when firing

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Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ben Lewin

Writer: Robert Rodat, Nicholas Dawidoff

Production: Serena Films,Animus Films,PalmStar Media

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 49/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: $725,223

Released: 22 Jun 2018

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-catcher-was-a-spy

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