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Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 24, 1981

Runtime

1h 48m

Genres

Drama, Thriller

User Score

66%

Original Title

Eye of the Needle

Production Companies

Kings Road Entertainment, Juniper Films

Director

Richard Marquand

Revenue

$18,000,000

Description

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.