The Catcher Was a Spy

A former baseball player became a spy during WW2 to help the US beat Nazi Germany in the race to build the first atomic bomb, and was tasked with discovering if Werner Heisenberg was close to achieving their goal and assassinating him if necessary. The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 American English-language Biography Drama movie starring Paul Rudd, Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels, Tom Wilkinson, Giancarlo Giannini and Thomas Brogan. The movie is inspired from The Catcher Was a Spy by Nicholas Dawidoff. Animus Films in association with PalmStar Media, Serena Films and Windy Hill Productions. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Kevin Scott Frakes, Tatiana Kelly, Buddy Patrick and Jim Young. The movie is directed by Ben Lewin. IFC Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Catcher Was a Spy was released on 18th August 2018 and takes a screen time of 98 minutes. The film made a box office gross of $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Robert Rodat. Cinematography was done by Andrij Parekh and editing by Mark Yoshikawa. The music was composed by Howard Shore.