“Eye of the Needle” is an exciting spy thriller about a German secret agent in Britain during World War II who discovers plans about the imminent Allied D-Day invasion of France. He is unable to transmit the information, so he tries to flee to Germany but is stranded on an isolated island off of the coast of Scotland.
Thrills, chills, and spills ensue, thanks to director Richard Marquand and screenwriter Stanley Mann, who adapted the picture from the 1978 novel of the same name by Ken Follett.
The cast delivers the goods: Donald Sutherland has the necessary diabolicalness as the German spy, Kate Nelligan and Christopher Cazenova as the couple housing Sutherland, and Ian Bannen as the local Scotish constabulary. Co-stars include Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin, Faith Brook, Arthur Lovegrove, and Barbara Ewing.
The watchable “Eye of the Needle” was modestly successful at the box office for Kings Road Entertainment and United Artists. George Lucas was impressed by this film and hired Richard Marquand to direct “Return of the Jedi,” released in 1983.
Eye of the Needle (1981)
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My Review
“Eye of the Needle” is an exciting spy thriller about a German secret agent in Britain during World War II who discovers plans about the imminent Allied D-Day invasion of France. He is unable to transmit the information, so he tries to flee to Germany but is stranded on an isolated island off of the coast of Scotland.
Thrills, chills, and spills ensue, thanks to director Richard Marquand and screenwriter Stanley Mann, who adapted the picture from the 1978 novel of the same name by Ken Follett.
The cast delivers the goods: Donald Sutherland has the necessary diabolicalness as the German spy, Kate Nelligan and Christopher Cazenova as the couple housing Sutherland, and Ian Bannen as the local Scotish constabulary. Co-stars include Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin, Faith Brook, Arthur Lovegrove, and Barbara Ewing.
The watchable “Eye of the Needle” was modestly successful at the box office for Kings Road Entertainment and United Artists. George Lucas was impressed by this film and hired Richard Marquand to direct “Return of the Jedi,” released in 1983.