Eye of the Needle

1981

Action / Romance / Thriller / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 85% · 20 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 14336 14.3K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Richard Marquand Photo
Richard Marquand

Top cast

Bill Nighy Photo
Bill Nighy as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Philip Martin Brown Photo
Philip Martin Brown as Billy Parkin
Donald Sutherland Photo
Donald Sutherland as Faber
Sam Kydd Photo
Sam Kydd as Lock Keeper
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926.92 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 3
1.76 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 18

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 8 / 10

**_To kill and love during WW2 with Donald

**_To kill and love during WW2 with Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan_** A German spy in Britain (Sutherland) has strategic info on the D-Day landing in 1944. As he tries to elude the authorities, he stumbles on a couple living remotely near the coast (Nelligan and Christopher Cazenove). Will he make it out? Who will live and who will die? "Eye of the Needle” (1981) is a war drama/thriller, but not a conventional war movie. The plot has similarities to “The Eagle Has Landed” (1976) with the same actor as the spy (Sutherland). It’s almost as if they’re the same character. The difference is that “Eagle” features military combat whereas this one is decidedly a spy-on-the-run flick with the thrills thereof. Like “Eagle,” this is easily one of Sutherland’s top movies. The British scenery is awesome, the palette is colorful, the adventure is compelling, the drama/romance is good and the suspense is off-the-charts in the final act. There are elements of “The Eagle Has Landed,” “The Heroes of Telemark” (1965) and the later “The House on Carroll Street” (1988). If you like these flicks, this is a must; it’s as good or better than any of ’em. The film runs 1 hour, 52 minutes, and was shot in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, which is located in southwest Scotland, including Oban, nearby Connel Bridge and the Isle of Mull. Studio stuff was done in England in the greater London area, as well as the airport scene filmed at Blackbushe Airport. GRADE: A-
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Reviewed by dakjets 8 / 10

Forgotten classic thriller?

This film is maybe a lost treasure, and it deserves to be more well known than it actually is. This is a fascinating and intense spy movie, and the plot takes place during the second world war. Donald Sutherland plays the part of the spy very convincing, ice cold and a character with a ruthless determination to get what he wants, really at all costs. The film is very well done, and eventually ends up as a story of lost love, and hard measures that needs to be taken. The casting is brilliant, and I think the films atmosphere really manages to take you back in a world in war, and different peoples way of life in these circumstances. This makes this film authentic and complete. (sorry about my English)

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