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The Spy Behind Home Plate is a documentary about Morris “Moe” Berg, an enigmatic Jewish catcher during baseball’s Golden Age who joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to spy for the U.S. on the Nazis’ atomic bomb program. Berg grew up in an immigrant Jewish family in Newark, N.J., attended Princeton University and received a J.D. from Columbia University during his off seasons in baseball. He played professional baseball from 1923 to 1939 for the Brooklyn Robins, Chicago White Sox. Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox.
Original Release
05/24/2019
US Release
05/24/2019
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bruce Adams | Self |
| Elden Auker | Self |
| Brad Ausmus | Self |
| Irwin Berg | Self |
| Moe Berg | Self |
| Sam Berg | Self |
| Warren Berg | Self |
| Ira Berkow | Self |
| Earl Brodie | Self |
| Bob Broeg | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bruce Adams | Self |
| Elden Auker | Self |
| Brad Ausmus | Self |
| Irwin Berg | Self |
| Moe Berg | Self |
| Sam Berg | Self |
| Warren Berg | Self |
| Ira Berkow | Self |
| Earl Brodie | Self |
| Bob Broeg | Self |
| Horace Calvert | Self |
| Joe Cascarella | Self |
| William Colby | Self / Self (archive footage) |
| William Corvo | Self |
| Nicholas Dawidoff | Self |
| Dominic DiMaggio | Self |
| Paul Ferri | Self |
| Robert K. Fitts | Self |
| Franklin Foer | Self |
| Ray Errol Fox | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William Levine | Executive Producer |
| Aviva Kempner | Producer |
| Alison Richards | Producer |
Editors
