Eye of the Needle (film)

Eye of the Needle is a 1981 American spy film directed by Richard Marquand and starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. Based on the novel of the same title by Ken Follett, the film is about a German spy in England during World War II who discovers vital information about the upcoming DDay invasion. In his attempt to return to Germany with the information, he travels to the isolated Storm Island off the coast of Scotland to rendezvous with a Uboat, but his plans are thwarted by a young woman resident.

In England, he has obtained critical information on the Allies invasion plans. Trying to make his way to Germany, he is stranded by a fierce storm on Storm Island, occupied only by a woman named Lucy Kate Nelligan, her disabled husband David, their son, and their shepherd, Tom. A romance develops between the woman and the spy, due to an estrangement between Lucy and her husband, whose accident has rendered him emotionally crippled as well.When David discovers their guests true identity, a struggle ensues, ending with the Needle throwing him off a cliff. Lucy realizes that her lover has been lying after she chances upon her husbands dead body. The Needle must get to Toms radio to report to his superiors the exact location of the DDay invasion. Lucy is the Allies last chance. He is reluctant to harm her, but she has no such qualms and shoots him as he tries to escape in a boat. ........

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