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Eye Of The Needle
1981
In Richard Marquand's WWII-era thriller, Faber (Donald Sutherland), a German spy washes up on a small island off the Scottish coast and is taken in by Lucy, (Kate Nelligan), the frustrated wife of a paraplegic (Christopher Cazenove). Her desire for intimacy is immediately apparent to the equally lonely spy, who quickly seduces .. Read more
| Starring | Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove |
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| Director | Richard Marquand |
| Genres | Drama |
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Eye Of The Needle
In Richard Marquand's WWII-era thriller, Faber (Donald Sutherland), a German spy washes up on a small island off the Scottish coast and is taken in by Lucy, (Kate Nelligan), the frustrated wife of a paraplegic (Christopher Cazenove). Her desire for intimacy is immediately apparent to the equally lonely spy, who quickly seduces the wife and begins to plot his escape from the island so that he can report back to Germany with news about the impending D-Day invasion. Will Lucy figure out who Faber is and stop him from successfully completing his mission
| Starring | Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove |
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| Director | Richard Marquand |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1981 To Rent: DVD: 08 Jan 2001 |
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Sutherland, a Canadian, plays a German who is pretending to be an Englishman, and makes a convincing job of it. At the... read more on Time Out
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A very memorable and exciting WWII spy drama.
This is a very good film indeed. Good storyline, fine acting, especially from Donald Sutherland as the ruthless German spy known as 'The Needle', ... read more »
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A very memorable and exciting WWII spy drama.
This is a very good film indeed. Good storyline, fine acting, especially from Donald Sutherland as the ruthless German spy known as 'The Needle', ... read more »
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Read the book!
Another example of much missing from the book version. This film is 30 years old and looks it. The book is obviously older but doesn't.
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Very disappointing
Having read the really excellent book by Ken Follett I was looking forward to this film. However the adaptation is extremely disappointing in every respect - ... read more »
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Eye Of The Needle
In Richard Marquand's WWII-era thriller, Faber (Donald Sutherland), a German spy washes up on a small island off the Scottish coast and is taken in by Lucy, (Kate Nelligan), the frustrated wife of a paraplegic (Christopher Cazenove). Her desire for intimacy is immediately apparent to the equally ...
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