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Eye of the Needle

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

1981 · R · 1h 48m

Directed by Richard Marquand

6.7

TMDB audience score
270 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Barbara Graley
    David's Mother

  • George Lee
    Constable

  • Arthur Lovegrove
    Peterson

  • Colin Rix
    Oliphant

  • Chris Jenkinson
    German SS Officer

  • William Merrow
    German Radio Operator

  • Patrick Connor
    Inspector Harris