

Eye of the Needle
1981 · Movie · 1h 48m · R
DramaThriller
"To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
61/100
Key crew
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
- Stanley MannScreenplay
- Richard MarquandDirector
Cast
- Donald SutherlandFaber
- Kate NelliganLucy
- Ian BannenGodliman
- Christopher CazenoveDavid
- Faith BrookLucy's Mother
- Barbara EwingMrs. Garden
- David HaymanCanter
- Alex McCrindleTom
- Philip Martin BrownBilly Parkin
- Stephen MacKennaLieutenant
- George BelbinLucy's Father
- Barbara GraleyDavid's Mother
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Themes
husband wife relationshipbased on novel or booksubmarinespyworld war iid-dayperiod dramanazi spycold blooded killer1940sisolated island























