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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This stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg, the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. A Jewish, a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, he spoke about 12 languages,catcher for the Boston Red Sox ...
With their air of desperation, those invented opening scenes really establish Catcher as something determined not to be a boring, dry WWII spy flick. And it's not really boring. Almost no Paul Rudd movie ever is. (Maybe Diggers.) But those scenes cast doubt over the proceedings' veracity ...
The Catcher Was A Spyalways seems to be standing outside of Moe Berg. In the film’s final title cards, it refers to Moe as being an “enigma” and that’s pretty much the way he is throughout the entire film. We like him because he’s played by Paul Rudd but we never really ...
Rated: 1.5/5 • Jul 17, 2019 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Though a true story that had everything you could possibly want for a thriller, the film lacked drama, lacked action and lacked credibility. Rated: C • May 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews Au...
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Deadline reports that Jeff Daniels and Billions star Paul Giamatti have closed deals to join WWII drama The Catcher Was a Spy. They’ll buddy up with Ant-Man‘s Paul Rudd and Guy Pearce, who climbed on board to play military specialist Furman just last week. Daniels is attached to the ...
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