Eye of the Needle poster

Eye of the Needle

19811h 48mDrama · Thriller
directed by Richard Marquand

“To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.”

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6.7 / 10
255 votes
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7.1 / 10
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61 / 100
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Synopsis

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Cast

Donald Sutherland·Faber
Kate Nelligan·Lucy
Ian Bannen·Godliman
Christopher Cazenove·David
Faith Brook·Lucy's Mother
Barbara Ewing·Mrs. Garden
David Hayman·Canter
Alex McCrindle·Tom
Philip Martin Brown·Billy Parkin
Stephen MacKenna·Lieutenant