It is effective, I think, to develop a plot like this at a deliberate pace, instead of rushing headlong through it. We learn things about him that he may not even know about himself, and that is why the film's final scene is so much more complex than it seems. The last third of the movie turns into a bloody melodrama, as the Needle kills the husband and the lighthouse-keeper and threatens the woman, first in a psychological way and then with violence. German Radio Operator Patrick Connor. She chases Faber to the sea, and while he is reluctant to harm her, she has no such qualms and shoots him as he tries to escape in a boat, thwarting his attempt to reach the submarine. Home Guard Corporal Richard Graydon. Advertisement The plot is part espionage, part cliff-hanger.
Instead, they decide that Dr. He is a cold and calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, whether the task is to signal a U-boat or to gut a witness to avoid exposure. It was written by Stanley Mann and based on the novel of the same title by Ken Follett. We are given hints to explain his isolation: He was raised by parents who did not love him, he was shipped off to boarding schools, he spent parts of his childhood in America, where he learned English. It is then discovered that the Romulan Dr.
Does he grow fond of her? In England, he obtains critical information on the Allies' invasion of Normandy plans. Nevertheless, Captain suspects that it could be used to transmit a message to the , and launches a micro-probe into the wormhole to determine where it exits. It premiered on on February 20, 1995. The cast of Eye of the Needle - 1981 includes: David Ashton as Oban Radio Operator Ian Bannen as Godliman John Bennett as Kleinmann Christopher Cazenove as David Patrick Connor as Inspector Harris Ellis Dale as Station Master Rory Edwards as Sailor Barbara Ewing as Mrs. But before the final standoff, he pretends to be merely a lost sailor.
They used to star or. When the German U-boat approaches the shore, Lucy becomes the Allies' last chance. In this episode Voyager discovers and explores the nature of a wormhole. Meanwhile, a vessel at the other end of the wormhole is investigating and making scans of the probe. Alternative ending Additional footage tells of Faber's activities four years before, and of David's accident, while another ending finds Lucy receiving help from British Intelligence. As played by Sutherland, the Needle is a very lonely man.
German Naval Operator John Grieve. I preferred to think of it as deliberate. The enclosed-cabin helicopter that is briefly shown toward the end of the film is also an anachronism. Janeway asks the Romulan captain to relay messages from the crew to their families and. Home Guard Captain Stephen Phillips.
. Some captures do contain mild nudity. He is more of a dogged functionary. R'Mor will deliver the messages in 20 years, after Voyager has left the Alpha Quadrant, thus preserving the timeline. The movie ends with Nelligan regarding a man who is either a treacherous spy or an unloved child, take your choice.
Telek R'Mor of the Romulan Astrophysical Academy is from 20 years in the past. He encounters a despondent Lucy, Faber's body and the fleeing German submarine. Some of the location filming was shot at Blackbushe Airport Yateley. The crew hope that someone else delivered them after his death, but are left with no way of knowing what happened to their messages. His assignment is to personally deliver news of the actual Allied invasion plans to Hitler. After narrowly escaping a British Intelligence agent in London, Faber tries to make his way to Germany, but is stranded by fierce weather on Storm Island, a place occupied only by a woman named Lucy Kate Nelligan , her disabled husband David, their son, and their shepherd, Tom.
To the crew's disappointment, it is discovered to be a decaying micro-wormhole whose aperture is only about 30 centimetres 12 in in diameter. Do you know something we don't? The screenplay was written by and based on a story by , and it was directed by. He kills with a singular lack of passion; this is Jack the Ripper crossed with J. We can never be sure, but he tells her things he has told to no one else. At first he refuses, but relents after Janeway asks about his own family, who are far away on Romulus.
And the woman, frustrated by her husband's drunkenness and refusal to love, becomes attracted to the stranger. Some of the screenshots or collections are, without watermarks, available for purchase. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions. Soon after, the British Intelligence agent who was chasing Faber arrives with the police. Tests are conducted and all found successful.