The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

Directed by

Ben Lewin

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 324 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War II, a former Major League baseball player is recruited as a spy for the U.S. government. He uses his athletic instincts and intelligence on a dangerous mission to gather intelligence in Europe.

tenseatmosphericslow-burnsomberintrospectivegrittyparanoidunderstated

What happens

The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 American war film directed by Ben Lewin and written by Robert Rodat, based on the 1994 book by Nicholas Dawidoff. It stars Paul Rudd as Moe Berg, a former baseball player who joined the war effort during World War II and participated in espionage for the U.S. Government. Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Tom Wilkinson, Giancarlo Giannini, Hiroyuki Sanada, Guy Pearce, and Paul Giamatti also star. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and was released on June 22, 2018, by IFC Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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