

Eye of the Needle (1981)
Drama
Thriller
- 2h 48m
67 %
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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.
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.
Top Billed 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
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