Eye of the Needle

Jul 24, 1981

1h 48m

★ 6.6

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Kings Road Entertainment

Juniper Films

Eye of the Needle Trailers

Cast

Faber

Donald Sutherland

Lucy

Kate Nelligan

Godliman

Ian Bannen

David

Christopher Cazenove

Lucy's Mother

Faith Brook

Mrs. Garden

Barbara Ewing

Canter

David Hayman

Tom

Alex McCrindle

Billy Parkin

Philip Martin Brown

Lieutenant

Stephen MacKenna

Lucy's Father

George Belbin

David's Mother

Barbara Graley

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