Top billed cast

1. 

   Donald Sutherland

   Faber

2. 

   Kate Nelligan

   Lucy

3. 

   Ian Bannen

   Godliman

4. 

   Christopher Cazenove

   David

5. 

   Faith Brook

   Lucy's Mother

6. 

   Barbara Ewing

   Mrs. Garden

7. 

   David Hayman

   Canter

8. 

   Alex McCrindle

   Tom

9. 

   Philip Martin Brown

   Billy Parkin

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2023-04-27

**_To kill and love during WW2 with Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan_**

A German spy in Britain (Sutherland) has strategic info on the D-Day landing in 1944. As he tries to elude the authorities, he stumbles on a couple living remotely near the coast (Nelligan and Christopher Cazenove). Will he make it out? Who will live and who will die?

"Eye of the Needle” (1981) is a war drama/thriller, but not a conventional war movie. The plot has similarities to “The Eagle Has Landed” (1976) with the same actor as the spy (Sutherland). It’s almost as if they’re the same character. The ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$18,000,000.00

Keywords

• husband wife relationship
• based on novel or book
• submarine
• spy
• world war ii
• d-day
• period drama
• nazi spy
• cold blooded killer
• 1940s
• isolated island