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Eye of the Needle|Donald Sutherland

Eye of the Needle

Donald Sutherland and Stephen Mackenna
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Overview

A German spy washes up on a small island off the British coast and is taken in by a lonely woman whose husband was paralyzed years ago and hardly speaks to her. Her desire for sex is immediately apparent to the equally lonely spy (Sutherland), 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. Based on the best seller by Ken Follett, EYE OF THE NEEDLE was helmed by the director of RETURN OF THE JEDI and features an incredibly icy performance by Sutherland.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Richard Marquand - Director
Donald Sutherland
Stephen MacKenna
Philip Martin Brown
Kate Nelligan
Christopher Cazenove
George Belbin
Faith Brook
Barbara Graley
George Lee
Arthur Lovegrove

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD
  • Run Time: 112
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 850035985458
  • Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: May 2022

Movie Reviews

Synopsis:
A suspenseful adaptation of Ken Follett's best-selling 1978 spy novel. Master Nazi spy Faber travels to the remote Storm Island in Scotland, where he is to await a German submarine. His assignment: provide the U-boat's officers with information about the upcoming Allied invasion of Normandy. When Faber meets Lucy, the frustrated wife of a paraplegic, he begins an affair with her. Will Lucy figure out who Faber is and stop him from successfully completing his mission?

Notes:
Released theatrically in the USA July 24, 1981. Color by Technicolor.

Reviews:
"...It's a good yarn, remindful of some of Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang's wartime [films]..." - 07/22/1981 Variety


"...An ambitious, energetic thriller..." - 07/24/1981 New York Times, p.C10


"Sutherland and Nelligan give memorably pitch-perfect performances and the island vistas are gorgeous." - 06/03/2014 USA Today

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