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Eye of the Needle (1981)

R07/24/1981Drama, Thriller1h 48m
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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.

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    Donald Sutherland

    Faber

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    Kate Nelligan

    Lucy

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    Ian Bannen

    Godliman

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    Christopher Cazenove

    David

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    Faith Brook

    Lucy's Mother

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    Barbara Ewing

    Mrs. Garden

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    David Hayman

    Canter

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    Alex McCrindle

    Tom

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    Philip Martin Brown

    Billy Parkin

**_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...