IFC has released a new trailer for the upcoming thriller The Catcher Was A Spy, directed by Ben Lewin and starring Paul Rudd as Moe Berg, a professional baseball player who became a spy during World War II. The film also stars Jeff Daniels, Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, and Hiroyuki Sanada. We had a chance to check this one out at Sundance earlier this year, but felt a bit luke warm about it- you can read the full review here.
The Catcher Was A Spy opens in theaters June 22nd.
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.
