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 (2)
Plots(1)
Heart-wrenching World War ll-set thriller, played out against the blitz-scarred 1940s backdrop of England and the windswept hills of the Scottish islands. En route to the Fatherland with secrets that will stop the D-Day invasion, ruthless spy 'The Needle' (Donald Sutherland) finds himself shipwrecked on the remote Storm Island. Here he becomes involved in a perilous affair with the beautiful, but lonely Lucy (Kate Nelligan), who lives there with her bitter, crippled ex-RAF husband, David (Christopher Cazenove). But can the fierce passion of illicit love survive the bitter realities of war? (British Film Institute (BFI))
(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's 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 Pyjamas (2008)
Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair (2001) (TV movie)
Rupert Frazer
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Far Pavilions, The (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)
The Long and the Short and the Tall (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)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Goldfinger (1964)
![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)