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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

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A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

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Credited cast:
... Moe Berg
... Koranda
... Werner Heisenberg
... Estella Huni
... Robert Furman
... Samuel Goudsmit
... William J. Donovan
... Kawabata
... Joe Cronin
... Paul Scherrer
... Professor Eduardo Amaldi
... Martinuzzi
... John Kleran
... Rathe
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A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

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Based on the True Story of Moe Berg

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Biography | Drama | War

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Rated R for some sexuality, violence and language
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22 June 2018 (USA)  »

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$114,771, 24 June 2018, Limited Release

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$114,771, 24 June 2018
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Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti also appeared in John Adams (2008) and Duplicity (2009). See more »

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Not a bad spy film at all.
25 June 2018 | by See all my reviews

It reminds me of the Steven Spielberg, Tom hanks collaboration, Bridge of Spies, but did not hit me as hard.

World war 2 was the type of war that all good Americans wanted to be a part of, so no surprise that a Major baseball player (our fav pastime) wanted to get in on the action.

Moe Berg was an over the hill baseball player who happen to have went to college and became a master of a lot of languages. Right there, he sounds like the type of spy they make TV shows out of, which is why I think this movie is so good.

Paul Rudd was good at playing this type of spy too. I felt it to be believable in the situation. Possible not that important, but I like it none the less. Not exactly James Bond but Rudd used his overall charming and humorous persona to be the leading man this movie needs.

Good Watch.


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