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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)

★ 6.2 · 320 ratings on TMDB

Based on the true story of Moe Berg

The Catcher Was a Spy poster★ 6.2

Former major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.

DirectorBen Lewin
CastConnie Nielsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mark Strong, Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino
GenresDrama, History, Thriller, War
The emergence reading

The Catcher Was a Spy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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