Eye of the Needle (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Eye of the Needle


caption = original movie poster
director = Richard Marquand
writer = Stanley Mann
starring = Donald Sutherland
Kate Nelligan
distributor = United Artists
music = Miklós Rózsa
cinematography = Alan Hume
released = July 24, 1981
runtime = 112 min
imdb_id = 0082351 |

"Eye of the Needle" is a 1981 film directed by Richard Marquand, based on the novel of the same title by Ken Follett, and starring Donald Sutherland.

Plot

In World War II England, master German spy Henry Faber (Sutherland) learns a secret of supreme importance: the landing site chosen by the Allies for the invasion of Europe. He makes his way to a remote, sparsely inhabited Scottish island to rendezvous with a U-boat to take him to Germany, while the British authorities frantically search for him.

While waiting, Faber becomes acquainted with an unhappy couple living on the island, Lucy (Kate Nelligan) and David Rose (Christopher Cazenove). David was a Royal Air Force pilot until he was crippled. He takes out his anger and bitterness on his wife. Lonely, Lucy allows Faber to seduce her. Later, David discovers that Faber is not who he claims to be and tries to hold him for the authorities, but is killed. When Lucy finds his body, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins.

Cast

*Donald Sutherland as Henry Faber
*Kate Nelligan as Lucy Rose
*Stephen MacKenna as Lieutenant
*Christopher Cazenove as David Rose
*Philip Martin Brown as Billy Parkin

External links

*imdb title|id=0082351|title=Eye of the Needle