Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Cast
Donald Sutherland
Faber
Kate Nelligan
Lucy
Ian Bannen
Godliman
Christopher Cazenove
David
Faith Brook
Lucy's Mother
Barbara Ewing
Mrs. Garden
David Hayman
Canter
Alex McCrindle
Tom
Philip Martin Brown
Billy Parkin
Stephen MacKenna
Lieutenant
George Belbin
Lucy's Father
Barbara Graley
David's Mother
George Lee
Constable
Arthur Lovegrove
Peterson
Colin Rix
Oliphant
Chris Jenkinson
German SS Officer
William Merrow
German Radio Operator
Patrick Connor
Inspector Harris
Rupert Frazer
Muller
Jonathan Nicholas Haley
Jo
John Bennett
Kleinmann
Sam Kydd
Lock Keeper
John Paul
Home Guard Captain
Richard Graydon
Home Guard Private
Michael Mellinger
Portuguese Man
Allan Surtees
Colonel Terry
Don Fellows
American Colonel
Stewart Harwood
Sailor #1
Rik Mayall
Sailor #2
Rory Edwards
Sailor #3
Ellis Dale
Station Master
Bill Fraser
Mr. Porter
Michael Josephs
German Naval Captain
John Rees
German Naval Operator
John Grieve
Inspector Kincaid
Bruce White
Oban Policeman
David Ashton
Oban Radio Operator
Bill Nighy
Squadron Leader Blenkinsop
Stephen Phillips
Home Guard Corporal
Crew
Richard Marquand
Director
Stanley Mann
Screenplay
Ken Follett
Novel
Sean Barton
Editor
Nick Hosker
Assistant Editor
Alan Hume
Director of Photography
Roger Simons
Assistant Director
Claude Hudson
Production Supervisor
Stephen J. Friedman
Producer
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
Alec Mills
Camera Operator
Celestia Fox
Casting Director
John Bloomfield
Costume Designer
Mark Nelson
Hairstylist
Joan Carpenter
Hairstylist
Wally Schneiderman
Makeup Artist
Beryl Lerman
Makeup Artist
Anthony Squire
Second Unit Director
Jack Lowin
Second Unit Cinematographer
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Claude Hitchcock
Sound Recordist
George Gibbs
Special Effects Supervisor
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Patrick
Dialogue Coach
Hugh Scaife
Set Decoration
Ken Pattenden
Construction Manager
Ken Softley
Construction Manager
David Farrell
Still Photographer
Lee Bolon
Location Manager
William Lang
Location Manager
Eddie Stacey
Stunt Coordinator
Valerie Booth
Continuity
Angela Allen
Continuity
Bob Bremner
Gaffer
John Comfort
Production Manager
Mike Frift
Focus Puller
John Hoesli
Art Direction
Bert Davey
Art Direction
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