Eye of the Needle
1981 · 1h 48m · Drama, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States of America · Rated R (US)
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.
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1940sbased on novel or bookcold blooded killerd-dayhusband wife relationshipisolated islandnazi spyperiod dramaspysubmarineworld war ii
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