Ahead of its theatrical and VOD release next month, IFC Films has released a new trailer for the upcoming drama The Catcher Was a Spy. Based on the biography of the same name by Nicholas Dawidoff, it stars Paul Rudd as Moe Berg – a former Baseball player who joined the war effort as a spy during World War II. Directed by Ben Lewin, it features a cast that also includes Mark Strong, Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti, Sienna Miller, and Guy Pearce; watch it here…
This gripping, 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, Princeton-educated, multilingual catcher for the Boston Red Sox with a closely-guarded private life, the enigmatic Berg (Paul Rudd) was already a man of mystery when, in 1944, the US government’s wartime intelligence agency enlisted his services. His mission: go behind enemy lines in Europe to assassinate the Nazi’s chief nuclear scientist before the Germans develop an atomic bomb. Trading in his catcher’s mitt for a trench coat, Berg must rely on his formidable, steel-trap intellect in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
The Catcher Was a Spy is set for release on June 22nd.
