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Eye of the Needle

To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.

1981 1 hour 48 minutes
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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.

Released

24th July 1981

44 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 48 minutes

Finishes at 1:05am

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Directed by

Richard Marquand

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Written by

Stanley Mann

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Ratings and awards

1 nomination total

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    7.1/10

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    85%

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    61%

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    67%

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    71%

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