| Eye of the Needle | |
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| Directed by | Richard Marquand |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Mann |
| Based on | Eye of the Needle 1978 novel by Ken Follett |
| Produced by | Stephen J. Friedman |
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| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Sean Barton |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
Production company | Kings Road Entertainment |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $17.5 million |
Eye of the Needle is a 1981 British spy film directed by Richard Marquand, and starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. Written by Stanley Mann, it is based on the 1978 novel of the same title by Ken Follett.
The film is about a German Nazi spy in the United Kingdom during World War II who discovers vital information about the upcoming D-Day invasion and his attempt to return to Germany while he is stranded with a family on the isolated (fictional) Storm Island, off the coast of Scotland.