Eye of the Needle

Name: Eye of the Needle
Genre: Thriller, Romance, War
Released: July 24, 1981
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Arthur Lovegrove, Barbara Graley, Christopher Cazenove, Donald Sutherland, Faith Brook

1981

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United Artists | Release Date: July 24, 1981 | R

Starring: Arthur Lovegrove, Barbara Graley, Christopher Cazenove, Donald Sutherland, Faith Brook, George Belbin, George Lee, Kate Nelligan, Philip Martin Brown, Stephen MacKenna

Summary: A ruthless German spy (Donald Sutherland), trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.

Director: Richard Marquand

Genre(s): Thriller, Romance, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 112 min

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Janet Maslin

An ambitious, energetic thriller that stops short of real excitement for reasons that are hard to pinpoint. It's an entertaining movie, and an extremely well-acted one. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

A gripping, old-fashioned WWII spy thriller. Read full review

Roger Ebert

I admired the movie. It is made with quiet competence, and will remind some viewers of the Hitchcock who made “The Thirty-Nine Steps” and “Foreign Correspondent.” Read full review

Judith Martin

The oddity of this romance and its picturesque setting do a great deal to lend interest to an otherwise minimal (for a spy picture) story. [24 July 1981, p.19]

Staff (Not Credited)

On an afternoon as wet as those on the island, the film would pass the time agreeably, nothing more. Read full review

Adam Lowes

Richard Marquand opts largely for more intimate surrounding and manages to squeeze out some memorable moments of Hitchcockian suspense and tension. Read full review

Gary Arnold

The tussle between David and The Needle seems to release a Pandora's Box of outrageous scenes. [24 July 1981, p.D8]

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timone

Jun 27, 2021

I haven't watched Eye of the Needle in ages. Just by saying that is that I find it to be quite thrilling and I did. But watching it right now sure made me go back to the wonderous thrills of my time. This is actually set in the WWII back in the 40's. Donald Sutherland plays a German spy whoI haven't watched Eye of the Needle in ages. Just by saying that is that I find it to be quite thrilling and I did. But watching it right now sure made me go back to the wonderous thrills of my time. This is actually set in the WWII back in the 40's. Donald Sutherland plays a German spy who is an Nazi in England who is known as "The Needle". He who discovers information about the upcoming D-Day invasion. Eye of the Needle is an entertaining British spy thriller with good climax that put the thrills to it's own. Sure it sometimes has some romance in this.… Expand

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