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Eye of the Needle
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.
1981 · Directed by Richard Marquand · 108 min · Drama · Thriller · 13 frames
Tagline
To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.
Crew
- Screenplay: Stanley Mann
- Cinematography: Alan Hume
- Edited by: Sean Barton
- Music: Miklós Rózsa
- Production design: Wilfred Shingleton
- Produced by: Stephen J. Friedman
Cast
- Donald Sutherland as Faber
- Kate Nelligan as Lucy
- Ian Bannen as Godliman
- Christopher Cazenove as David
- Faith Brook as Lucy's Mother
- Barbara Ewing as Mrs. Garden
- David Hayman as Canter
- Alex McCrindle as Tom
- Philip Martin Brown as Billy Parkin
- Stephen MacKenna as Lieutenant
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English, German
- Studios: Kings Road Entertainment, Juniper Films
- Box office: $18,000,000
- Themes: husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, submarine, spy, world war ii, d-day, period drama, nazi spy, cold blooded killer, 1940s
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