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Eye of the Needle (1981) 7.0
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband. Director:Richard Marquand |
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| Donald Sutherland | ... | ||
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Stephen MacKenna | ... |
Lieutenant
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Billy Parkin
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Lucy
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David
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George Belbin | ... |
Lucy's Father
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Faith Brook | ... |
Lucy's Mother
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Barbara Graley | ... |
David's Mother
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George Lee | ... |
Constable
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Arthur Lovegrove | ... |
Peterson
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Colin Rix | ... |
Oliphant
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Barbara Ewing | ... |
Mrs. Garden
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Chris Jenkinson | ... |
German SS Officer
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William Merrow | ... |
German Radio Operator
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Patrick Connor | ... |
Inspector Harris
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A German spy carrying information that will reveal the target of Operation Overlord becomes involved with the wife of a crippled man on an isolated island off the Scottish coast while he waits to be picked up. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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To love a stranger is easy... To kill a lover is not. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
24 July 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Nålens öga See more »Box Office
Gross:
SEK 5,742,895 (Sweden)Company Credits
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MonoAspect Ratio:
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["Songbird. This is the Needle. Come."]
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Donald Sutherland's character is known as Heinrich Faber a.k.a. The Needle a.k.a. Henry Faber a.k.a. Die Nadel (German), but this film's closing credits simply only name his character as Faber. See more »Goofs
1981 Juniper Films version on MGM DVD copyright 2000. The final, aerial scene edited onto this version must have been not-too-carefully reversed: one is flying away from the beach and up and around the lighthouse, and smoke is going *down* the chimney! See more »Quotes
Faber: [calling on radio to submarine] Singvogel. Hier ist die Nadel. Kommen.["Songbird. This is the Needle. Come."]
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Sutherland was never darker or slicker, Kate Nelligan was never more heroic or attractive, and the outcome of World War Two was never so thoroughly in doubt. Suspenseful all the way, this movie convinces us that the Allied-Axis struggle was determined by the violent, romantic interplay among five people on a storm-tossed British isle. See it!