Sign Up | Log In

Write a Review
Post a Quick Tip
Create a List
Ask a Question
Create a Poll
Create a Community

Movies •Books •Music •Food •Tv Shows •Technology •Politics •Video Games •Parenting •Fashion •Green Living •more >

Lunch » Tags » Movies » Reviews » Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle

2 Ratings: 4.0

A movie directed by Richard Marquand

A German spy washes up on a small island off the British coast and is taken in by a lonely woman whose husband was paralyzed years ago and hardly speaks to her. Her desire for sex is immediately apparent to the equally lonely spy (Sutherland), who quickly … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Action, Adventure

Cast: Christopher Cazenove

Director: Richard Marquand

Release Date: 1981

MPAA Rating: R

2 reviews about Eye of the Needle

Showing 1-2 of 2

Sort by:

review by Charley2. November 29, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

"I did what I had to do. It can't be undone. I'm sorry."

Eye of the Needle is part-espionage, part psychological thriller, part repressed love story. It's as gloomy as a rainy day. The film also is exciting, well acted and engrossing. Henry Faber (Donald Sutherland) is a ruthless, extremely competent German spy in England during WWII masquerading as an Englishman. When threatened, he's as quick to kill his landlady who discovers him at a clandestine radio as he is a fellow spy who might be captured. His preferred method is a quick, deep stiletto … more

Comments (3) Compliments (36)

review by KonaCat. December 11, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Well-made spy thriller

The year is 1944, and a German spy (code-name: "the Needle") has photos that could damage the Allies' plans for D-Day. While trying to get the photos to a U-boat, he is shipwrecked on a remote island off the coast of Scotland, which is home to a disabled man and his very lonely wife. This movie is very intense and scary, thanks to Donald Sutherland who plays the Needle, a cold and calculating killing machine who racks up quite a body count. He's … more

Comments (3) Compliments (33)

What's your opinion on Eye of the Needle?

rate