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Eye of the Needle (1981)

Eye of the Needle | United Kingdom

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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Description

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.

Director

Richard Marquand

Writers

Stanley Mann

Stars

Donald Sutherland
Henry Faber

Ian Bannen
Inspector Godliman

Kate Nelligan
Lucy Rose

Christopher Cazenove
David Rose

Stephen MacKenna
Lieutenant

Philip Martin Brown
Billy Parkin

George Belbin
Lucy's Father

Faith Brook
Lucy's Mother

Barbara Graley
David's Mother

George Lee
Constable

Others...

Revenue

18,000,000.00

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Keywords

spy, based on novel, world war ii, island, car accident, storm at sea, scotland, 1940s, stabbing, allied, u boat, nazi spy, cold blooded killer, ruthless killer, stolen boat

Production

Kings Road Entertainment

Actor

Donald Sutherland, Ian Bannen, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin, Faith Brook, Barbara Graley, George Lee, Arthur Lovegrove, Colin Rix, Barbara Ewing, Chris Jenkinson, William Merrow, Patrick Connor, David Hayman, Rupert Frazer, Jonathan Nicholas Haley, Bill Nighy

Creators

Celestia Fox (Casting), Wilfred Shingleton (Production Design), Miklós Rózsa (Original Music Composer), John Bloomfield (Costume Design), Alan Hume (Director of Photography), Bert Davey (Art Direction), Richard Marquand (Director), Stanley Mann (Screenplay), Sean Barton (Editor), Stephen J. Friedman (Producer), Ken Follett (Novel), John Hoesli (Art Direction), Hugh Scaife (Set Decoration), Jennifer Patrick (Dialogue Coach)

Alternative titles

Tű a szénakazalban (HU)
Door 't Oog van de Naald (NL)
Igła (PL)

Release dates

01.01.1982 (BR)
30.10.1981 (DE)
17.09.1981 (NL)
01.01.2005 (NL)
24.07.1981 (US)
05.11.1981 (PT)