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Eye of the Needle

(1981)

July 24, 1981• 1h 48m
66%
TMDB Score

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.

Richard Marquand

Director

Top Billed Cast

DS

Donald Sutherland

Faber

KN

Kate Nelligan

Lucy

IB

Ian Bannen

Godliman

CC

Christopher Cazenove

David

FB

Faith Brook

Lucy's Mother

BE

Barbara Ewing

Mrs. Garden

DH

David Hayman

Canter

AM

Alex McCrindle

Tom

PMB

Philip Martin Brown

Billy Parkin

SM

Stephen MacKenna

Lieutenant

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