Eye Of The Needle Movie Review

In 1940 henry faber is the alias used by a german spy nicknamed the needle due to his preference for the use of a stiletto as his trademark weapon. Eye of the needle movie reviews metacritic score.

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Eye of the needle ken follett eye of the needle is a spy thriller novel written by welsh author ken follett.

Eye of the needle movie review. The movie version of eye of the needle is a faithful adaptation of the novel hardly altering the story at all though compressing the minor characters and reducing the chase to scotland to a couple of shots of sutherland on a motorbike. With donald sutherland kate nelligan stephen mackenna philip martin brown. Eye of the needle is a engrossing old fashioned wwii spy thriller with a romantic subplot.

The film is about a german spy in england 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. A ruthless german spy trying to get out of britain with vital information about d day must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband. 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 novel of the same title by ken follett.

2 stars up up. Amazon s choice for eye of the needle movie. This world war ii movie is set in london 1940 during the blitz when it opens there a german superspy the needle donald sutherland gravitates towards murder and treason.

The title eye of the needle is that it is a reference to the eye of the stiletto blade that nazi spy henry faber uses to kill his enemies. It was originally published in 1978. 3 stars up up.

Eye of the needle. 4 3 out of 5 stars 234. Directed by richard marquand.

Eye of the needle resembles nothing so much as one of those downbeat plodding quietly horrifying and sometimes grimly funny war movies that used to be made by the british film industry back when there was a british film industry. Free shipping by. Get it as soon as tue nov 12.

Dvd 29 61 29. The ending is slightly different from the book although thematically the same. A ruthless german spy donald sutherland trying to get out of britain with vital information about d day must spend time with a young woman and her crippled.

It s an entertaining movie and an extremely well acted one. 1 star up up. Eye of the needle is an ambitious energetic thriller that stops short of real excitement for reasons that are hard to pinpoint.

4 stars up up. Faber donald sutherland is a nazi spy stationed in britain who uncovers the allies plans to invade. It was originally published in 1978.