American Experience The Codebreaker (Season 33, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

The Codebreaker (Season 33, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The work of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, America's first female cryptanalyst, brings down Al Capone, breaks up a Nazi spy ring in South America, and lays the foundation for the National Security Agency (NSA).

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Kate Burton Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Jason Fagone Self - Author of 'The Woman Who Smashed Codes' Self - Author of 'The Woman Who Smashed Codes' See fewer	Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022)
Amy Butler Greenfield Self - Author of 'The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life' Self - Author of 'The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life' See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Vince Houghton Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Black Files Declassified (2020)
Rose Mary Sheldon Self - Military Historian, Virginia Military Institute Self - Military Historian, Virginia Military Institute See fewer	American Experience (1988)
David A. Hatch Self - Historian for the National Security Agency Self - Historian for the National Security Agency See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Barbara Osteika Self - Historian at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Self - Historian at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Buster Keaton Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The General (1926)
Joe Roberts Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Our Hospitality (1923)