Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies

New Secrets Behind One of the Greatest Intelligence Losses in U.S. History

2002•57m

DocumentaryHistory

Chronicling the lives and covert activities of the so-called "atom spies" in the 1940s, including the big one that got away, Theodore Alvin Hall.

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PBS

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Narrator

Robert Louis Benson

Self

John Earl Haynes

Self

Sam Cohen

Self

Joseph Albright

Self

Harvey Klehr

Self

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