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This stranger-than-fiction espionage thriller from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions) brings to life the incredible true story of Moe Berg (Rudd), the professional baseball player who became a World War II spy.
- (12K)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Ben Lewin
- 2018-06-22
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Miracle in Lane 2is a DCOM released in 2000. The film is based on the true story of Justin Yoder, a boy with spina bifida who realizes his dream of being an athlete by competing in soapbox derby racing. Justin is portrayed by Frankie Muniz, who, in the same year of this film's release, would begin his tenure as the title character on the iconic sit...
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Before appearing in Luck of the Irish, Ryan Merriman starred as Ben Cooper, a boy who wins a sweepstakes that allows his family to move into an Artificial Intelligence–enabled home, in Smart House. At first, the home's computer "PAT" (Katey Sagal), provides the attention and care that Ben and his sister have craved since losing their mother. Howeve...
The Even Stevens Movieis a DCOM that was released in 2003, and it serves as the finale to the popular Disney Channel TV series, which aired from 2000 to 2003. In the film, the Stevens family is invited by a state department representative to visit a remote island and serve as ambassadors. But shortly after the family arrives, Louis (Shia LaBeouf) a...
The undisputed rarest and most valuable DCOM VHS on the market is the 1998 extreme-sports classic Brink!. This movie follows the Andy "Brink" Brinkman (Erik von Detten), who is the most talented inline skater in his group of friends. Together, they compete in local competitions as the "Soul Skaters." But when Brink learns that his family is struggl...
Moe Berg, a 15-year baseball veteran, joins the war effort as a spy to beat Nazi Germany in the race to build the first atomic bomb. In 1936, Berg is playing for the Boston Red Sox near the end of a long and undistinguished pro career.
Feb 15, 2024 · Morris “Moe” Berg, a former baseball catcher who is assigned to determine the truth behind the rumor concerning the nuclear weapon, then crosses the Mediterranean Sea to arrive in Europe, where one of the most consequential happenings in the history of humankind unfolds in front of him!
Jun 18, 2018 · Ben Lewin immediately knew that he had to tell the extraordinary true story of Moe Berg, the baseball player-cum-World War II spy who lived an incredible life that was still shrouded in mystery.
Major League Baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Watch The Catcher Was a Spy with a subscription on Netflix,...
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Jun 22, 2018 · This film from director Ben Lewin and writer Robert Rodat (“Saving Private Ryan“) is biographical drama about Morris “Moe” Berg, an unremarkable major league catcher who went on to work for Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II.
