Eye of the Needle (1981)

07/24/1981 (GB) • 1h 48m

Drama, Thriller

To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$18,000,000.00

Keywords

husband wife relationship

based on novel or book

submarine

world war ii

d-day

nazi spy

cold blooded killer

1940s

isolated island

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