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Eye of the Needle

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

19811h 48mDrama · Thriller

Released

July 24, 1981

6.7

TMDB Score

67% match · 269 votes

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About the Movie

Eye of the Needle poster

DramaThriller

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.

DirectorRichard Marquand

Released: July 24, 1981
Runtime: 1h 48m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Box office: $18.0M
Studios: Kings Road Entertainment, Juniper Films

Top Billed 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

George Belbin

Lucy's Father

BG

Barbara Graley

David's Mother

GL

George Lee

Constable

AL

Arthur Lovegrove

Peterson

CR

Colin Rix

Oliphant

CJ

Chris Jenkinson

German SS Officer

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