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.
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Title: Eye of the Needle (1981)
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Cast
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| Donald Sutherland | ... | Faber | |
| Stephen MacKenna | ... | Lieutenant | |
| Philip Martin Brown | ... | Billy Parkin | |
| Kate Nelligan | ... | Lucy | |
| Christopher Cazenove | ... | David | |
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George Belbin | ... | Lucy's Father |
| 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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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
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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Codename: "The Needle". Only one person can stop him: The woman who loves him ! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
24 July 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El ojo de la aguja See more »Edit
Box Office
Gross USA:
$17,583,634Company Credits
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MonoAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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["Songbird. This is the Needle. Come."]
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(uncredited)
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Sung by wedding guests with modified lyrics ("For They Are Jolly Good Fellows")
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Goofs
The car which is driven by David Rose on the island is a German 4WD type DKW Munga, which was built after the war between 1956 and 1968. 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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Alternate Versions
NTSC DVD R1 and PAL DVD R2, have different endings. European PAL DVD version ending is approx. 1.5 minutes longer. In the last scene, the helicopter arrives and lands, there is a conversation with the commander about the radio transmission being interrupted and finally the child arrives and reunites with his mother. it's sort of a happy end. This ending was cut from NTSC DVD version. See more »Soundtracks
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by wedding guests with modified lyrics ("For They Are Jolly Good Fellows")
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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!