Eye of the Needle

• 6.619 Drama
• 1981-07-24
• 108 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Richard Marquand

Writer:

Stanley Mann