MOVIE
Eye of the Needle
To love a stranger is easy. To kill a lover is not.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Eye of the Needle in its release era
Released in 1981, Eye of the Needle sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1981-07-24
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 6.7/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Studio
- Kings Road Entertainment, Juniper Films
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