Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.
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- TriviaMoe Berg parachuted into Yugoslavia before his Heisenberg mission. The Yugoslavia mission was to determine which partisan group the Allies should back. Berg's report said that the group led by Tito was the strongest, and his report encouraged Allied leadership to back Tito. Tito ended up after the war becoming the dictator of Yugoslavia. None of this was shown in the movie, though it did portray him working a desk studying the Balkan region, which included Yugoslavia.
- GoofsThe Roman numerals for the newsreel of the All-Americans trip to Japan read 1944; the correct year was 1934.
- Quotes
William J. Donovan: You're an unusual man Mr. Berg, you speak 7 languages, you're an athlete, you're more than up to the physical requirements of the job...
Moe Berg: What job?
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2018 (2019)
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Almost Good
I like Paul Rudd a lot. He's very likeable. I don't fault casting for why this movie wasn't as good as it could have been (as I've seen some other reviewers do). Ultimately, I think this movie falls short more because it didn't know quite what it wanted to be. Was it a serious historical drama about a spy with suspense set during war times? Kind of. In moments. But it also felt very light at times given the subject matter. It never went deep enough into it to make you care or for you to feel scared for the welfare of the characters involved.
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- kellyq12
- Dec 27, 2019
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- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $725,223
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $114,771
- Jun 24, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $953,953
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