Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a 1981 British spy film featuring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan, portraying a German Nazi spy named Henry Faber during World War II. Faber holds crucial intelligence about the upcoming D-Day invasion and seeks to return to Germany while stranded on Storm Island, off the Scottish coast.
ReleasedJul 24, 1981
Box Office$18M
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#6280
Eye of the Needle
0.2
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1
Bill Nighy
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
8.9
2
Donald Sutherland
Faber
5.4
3
Rik Mayall
Sailor #2
3.7
4
Christopher Cazenove
David
0.5
5
David Hayman
Canter
0.5
6
Kate Nelligan
Lucy
0.4
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