Eye of the Needle
“To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.”
1981•R•1h 48m•6.7•Released
DramaThriller
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.
Director
Richard Marquand
Writer
Stanley Mann
Revenue
$18M
Languages
English, German
Studio
Kings Road Entertainment
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
Production
Company
Kings Road Entertainment
Company
Juniper Films
Producer
Stephen J. Friedman
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