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1981

Eye of the Needle

Directed by Richard Marquand
To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.

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.

Duration

1h 48m

Released

July 24, 1981

Revenue

$18,000,000

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6.6

Rating242

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Cast39

  • Donald Sutherland
  • Kate Nelligan
  • Ian Bannen
  • Christopher Cazenove
  • Faith Brook
  • Barbara Ewing
  • David Hayman
  • Alex McCrindle
  • Philip Martin Brown

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