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    The Catcher Was a Spy

    R2018 · Historical drama · 1h 34m

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  1. Jun 22, 2018 · The Catcher Was a Spy: Directed by Ben Lewin. With Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen. Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Ben Lewin
    • 2018-06-22
  2. The Catcher Was a Spy. (film) The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 American war film directed by Ben Lewin and written by Robert Rodat, based on the book of the same name 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.

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  4. Feb 15, 2024 · February 15, 2024. In Ben Lewin’s biographical war film ‘The Catcher Was a Spy,’ baseball catcher Morris “MoeBerg becomes a spy for the Office of Strategic Services and gets assigned to kill Werner Heisenberg, the mastermind behind Germany’s efforts to build an atomic bomb during World War II. Moe arrives in Zürich, Switzerland ...

  5. Feb 20, 2024 · Released in 2018, The Catcher Was A Spy is based on the true story of how one of baseball's most intellectual players became a spy for the United States during the events of World War II. In a dramatic movie starring Paul Rudd, The Catcher Was A Spy focuses on Moe Berg, who joined the war effort in 1942. Instead of deploying to the battlefield ...

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  6. The Catcher Was a Spy loses sight of the most interesting elements of its fact-based story, dropping the ball and leaving likable lead Paul Rudd stranded. Major League Baseball player Moe Berg ...

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  7. Jun 21, 2018 · A Spy, a Big-League Catcher and an Enigma. Paul Rudd as Moe Berg in “The Catcher Was a Spy.”. IFC Films. By Bruce Fretts. June 21, 2018. Moe Berg played 15 mostly unremarkable seasons as a ...

  8. Jan 5, 2021 · In recent years Berg’s shadowy exploits have inspired a best-selling book The Catcher Was a Spy, by Nicholas Dawidoff; a 2018 movie of the same title starring Paul Rudd; and a 2019 documentary The Spy Behind Home Plate, by Washington-based filmmaker Aviva Kempner. Berg’s major league baseball trading card is prominently displayed at CIA ...

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