Movie·1981·108 min

Eye of the Needle

Name: Eye of the Needle
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1981-07-24
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Ian Bannen, Christopher Cazenove, Faith Brook

Eye of the Needle streams in the US on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel and 3 more apps, as of October 5, 2026.

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6.7 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 85%Audience 74%Metacritic 61IMDb 7.1Letterboxd 3.5

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Drama Thriller

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.

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