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Eye of the Needle

Drama · Thriller1h 48m1981-07-24

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

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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.

Stanley MannScreenplay

Richard MarquandDirector

Ken FollettNovel

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Donald Sutherland

Donald SutherlandFaber

Kate Nelligan

Kate NelliganLucy

Ian Bannen

Ian BannenGodliman

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher CazenoveDavid

Faith Brook

Faith BrookLucy's Mother

Barbara Ewing

Barbara EwingMrs. Garden

David Hayman

David HaymanCanter

Alex McCrindle

Alex McCrindleTom

Philip Martin Brown

Philip Martin BrownBilly Parkin

Stephen MacKenna

Stephen MacKennaLieutenant

George Belbin

George BelbinLucy's Father

Barbara GraleyDavid's Mother

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