Ben Lewin's espionage thriller tells the incredible true story of Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a World War II spy. Berg, a Jewish, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox, was enlisted by the US government to go behind enemy lines and assassinate the Nazi's chief nuclear scientist before Germany could develop an atomic bomb.
The Catcher Was a Spy
Major League Baseball player Moe Berg trades in his bat for a spy's life, going undercover in World War II Europe as a secret agent for the Office of Strategic Services.
