Eye of the Needle (1981) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Richard Marquand.

Cast

• Donald Sutherland as Faber
• Kate Nelligan as Lucy
• Ian Bannen as Godliman
• Christopher Cazenove as David
• Faith Brook as Lucy's Mother
• Barbara Ewing as Mrs. Garden
• David Hayman as Canter
• Alex McCrindle as Tom
• Philip Martin Brown as Billy Parkin
• Stephen MacKenna as Lieutenant
• George Belbin as Lucy's Father
• Barbara Graley as David's Mother
• George Lee as Constable
• Arthur Lovegrove as Peterson
• Colin Rix as Oliphant
• Chris Jenkinson as German SS Officer
• William Merrow as German Radio Operator
• Patrick Connor as Inspector Harris
• Rupert Frazer as Muller
• Jonathan Nicholas Haley as Jo
• John Bennett as Kleinmann
• Sam Kydd as Lock Keeper
• John Paul as Home Guard Captain
• Richard Graydon as Home Guard Private
• Michael Mellinger as Portuguese Man
• Allan Surtees as Colonel Terry
• Don Fellows as American Colonel
• Stewart Harwood as Sailor #1
• Rik Mayall as Sailor #2
• Rory Edwards as Sailor #3
• Ellis Dale as Station Master
• Bill Fraser as Mr. Porter
• Michael Josephs as German Naval Captain
• John Rees as German Naval Operator
• John Grieve as Inspector Kincaid
• Bruce White as Oban Policeman
• David Ashton as Oban Radio Operator
• Bill Nighy as Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
• Stephen Phillips as Home Guard Corporal

Crew

• Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
• Stanley Mann — Screenplay
• Alan Hume — Director of Photography
• Richard Marquand — Director
• Stephen J. Friedman — Producer
• Ken Follett — Novel

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