Eye of the Needle (1981)
To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.
112 min
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.
- Release date
- July 24, 1981
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Box office
- $18,000,000
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Trailer
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
- George Belbin as Lucy's Father
- Barbara Graley as David's Mother
- George Lee as Constable
- Arthur Lovegrove as Peterson
- Colin Rix as Oliphant
- Patrick Connor as Inspector Harris
- Rupert Frazer as Muller
- John Bennett as Kleinmann
- Sam Kydd as Lock Keeper
- John Paul as Home Guard Captain
- Michael Mellinger as Portuguese Man
- Allan Surtees as Colonel Terry
- Don Fellows as American Colonel
- Stewart Harwood as Sailor #1
- Rik Mayall as Sailor #2
- Rory Edwards as Sailor #3
Crew
- Richard Marquand · Director
- Ken Follett · Writer
- Stanley Mann · Writer
- Stephen J. Friedman · Producer
- Miklós Rózsa · Composer
- Alan Hume · Cinematographer
- Sean Barton · Editor
- Celestia Fox · Casting director
- Wilfred Shingleton · Production designer