
Eye of the Needle
To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.
1981 en 108 minutes
Rating: 6.7
Plot
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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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

George Belbin
Lucy's Father

Barbara Graley
David's Mother

George Lee
Constable

Arthur Lovegrove
Peterson

Colin Rix
Oliphant

Chris Jenkinson
German SS Officer

William Merrow
German Radio Operator

Patrick Connor
Inspector Harris

Rupert Frazer
Muller

Jonathan Nicholas Haley
Jo

John Bennett
Kleinmann

Sam Kydd
Lock Keeper

John Paul
Home Guard Captain

Richard Graydon
Home Guard Private

Michael Mellinger
Portuguese Man

Allan Surtees
Colonel Terry

Don Fellows
American Colonel

Stewart Harwood
Sailor #1

Rik Mayall
Sailor #2

Rory Edwards
Sailor #3

Ellis Dale
Station Master

Bill Fraser
Mr. Porter

Michael Josephs
German Naval Captain

John Rees
German Naval Operator

John Grieve
Inspector Kincaid

Bruce White
Oban Policeman

David Ashton
Oban Radio Operator

Bill Nighy
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop

Stephen Phillips
Home Guard Corporal