Eye of the Needle

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Eye of the Needle (1981)

R 07/24/1981 (US) Drama, Thriller 1h 48m

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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.

Richard Marquand

Director
Ken Follett

Novel
Stanley Mann

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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
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on April 27, 2023

To kill and love during WW2 with Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan

A German spy in Britain (Sutherland) has strategic info on the D-Day landing in 1944. As he tries to elude the authorities, he stumbles on a couple living remotely near the coast (Nelligan and Christopher Cazenove). Will he make it out? Who will live and who will die?

"Eye of the Needle” (1981) is a war drama/thriller, but not a conventional war movie. The plot has similarities to “The Eagle Has Landed” (1976) with the same actor as the spy (Sutherland). It’s almost as if they’re the same character. The difference... read the rest.

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