Directed by:
Richard MarquandScreenplay:
Stanley MannCinematography:
Alan HumeComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Donald Sutherland, Stephen MacKenna, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Faith Brook, Patrick Connor, Ian Bannen, Rik Mayall, Bill Nighy, David Hayman (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Based on the best-selling novel by Ken Follett, this searing mystery is a roller coaster ride of suspense, centering on the relationship between a master spy and a brave womanwith the fate of the world hanging in the balance.Englishmen know him as Faber, but to the Fatherland, he's the lethal spy known as "The Needle." On his way back to Germany, Faber is shipwrecked on an island outpost where he befriends Lucy, a beautiful Englishwoman who lives there with her family. Lonely and scorned by her bitter, crippled husband, Lucy falls for the enigmatic stranger, not knowing that he's atraitor determined to prevent the D-Day invasion. But as their passion erupts, Lucy discovers the brutal truthas love and war melt into an electrifying climax of eroticism, adrenaline and terror! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Donald Sutherland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/047/169047844_hzh1hs.jpg)
Donald Sutherland
Canada
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Lord of War (2005)
JFK (1991)
Stephen MacKenna
UK
Best movies:
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
![Kate Nelligan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270332_28caab.jpg)
Kate Nelligan
Canada
Best movies:
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Liar, Liar (1993) (TV movie)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
![Christopher Cazenove](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272329_17a66a.jpg)
Christopher Cazenove
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
Zulu Dawn (1979)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
![Faith Brook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576605_e838c2.jpg)
Faith Brook
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
View from the Loft (1974)
Across the Bridge (1957)
![Patrick Connor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483220_8a7828.jpg)
Patrick Connor
UK
Best movies:
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Brazil (1985)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Ian Bannen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270764_9cb143.jpg)
Ian Bannen
UK
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Hill (1965)
Gandhi (1982)
![Rik Mayall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/523/161523270_17601e.jpg)
Rik Mayall
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem (2001) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Bill Nighy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/137/163137689_f931fa.jpg)
Bill Nighy
UK
Best movies:
Skylight (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Love Actually (2003)
![David Hayman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/800/157800156_48cb0c.jpg)
David Hayman
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair (2001) (TV movie)
Rupert Frazer
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
![Don Fellows](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/690/160690214_4bdd5e.gif)
Don Fellows
USA
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Omen (1976)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) - a.f.
Alex Mccrindle
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Comrades (1986)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
![Chris Jenkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391795_6180cb.jpg)
Chris Jenkinson
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Antony and Cleopatra (1974) (TV movie)
![Ove Sprogøe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/986/165986749_9f8ab8.jpg)
Ove Sprogøe
Denmark
Best movies:
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Olsen-banden (1968)
The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
![John Rees](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442516_153132.jpg)
John Rees
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Jungle Fighters (1961)
![Michael Mellinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/466/161466338_00f914.jpg)
Michael Mellinger
German Empire
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
![Arthur Lovegrove](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476220_a5136e.jpg)
Arthur Lovegrove
UK
Best movies:
Night and the City (1950)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
John Grieve
UK
Best movies:
Taggart (1983) (series)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
![Sam Kydd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528723_096172.jpg)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)