Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he learns the true nature of the weapon being designed, he fears the post-war risk of a nuclear holocaust and begins to pass significant information to the Soviet Union.
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| Directing | Steve James | Director |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Production | Diane Weyermann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tim Horsburgh | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Steve James | Writer |
| Camera | Tom Bergmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Steve James | Editor |
