Eye of the Needle (1981) Poster

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Sex & Nudity

  • A married woman and a man who is not her husband kiss. He begins to remove her dress as the scene ends. No nudity.
  • A married woman and a man who is not her husband are shown having sex in a bed. He woman's upper buttocks and the sides of her breast are briefly visible as she sits on top of the man. His chest is exposed. There is some moaning and rocking.
  • A man and woman are shown from the chest up having sex, with the focus on the woman's face. The woman is implied to not want to have sex. Some movement and moaning.
  • A woman and her son are shown taking a bath together, no visible nudity
  • Man walks in on woman as she is drying herself and stares briefly. She is shown naked from the waist up and one nipple is exposed.

Violence & Gore

  • One man hold another man at gunpoint with a shotgun. However the second man pushes the shotgun away and lunges with a knife. The men struggle and eventually one man is knocked out. No blood or gore.
  • A woman is electrocuted and her hand is darkened by a burn.
  • A man speeds while driving and swerved, driving off an embankment and crashing.
  • The main character kills several people with a switchblade, bloody results are shown.
  • A man is thrown off a cliff, screaming as he falls. The body is later found in the water.
  • a man's fingers are cut off with an axe, very bloody results
  • a man is bloody after being shot a few times.

Profanity

  • 4 uses of "Bloody" 3 uses of "For God's sake" and 2 uses of "Bastard"
  • 'F*ck' is said once.
  • 'H*ll' is said at least twice.
  • 'D*mn' is said 6 times.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Champagne is served at a wedding reception.
  • A man is said to be drunk.
  • A man smokes a cigarette and drinks liquor while I'm his bed.
  • A man smokes in his home while talking to his wife and another man.
  • A man tells a woman that her husband and another man were drunk together.
  • A man smokes while driving.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The killing of several people during the film may be disturbing for some viewers.
  • A man is thrown overboard from his ship during a strong storm.
  • The ending is climactic and quite intense.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A woman shoots at a man several times with a pistol and hits him in the leg, but he still runs from her. She then shoots him in the chest. Minor blood.
  • A woman chops off some of a man's fingers with a hatchet. Briefly seen but the man has a bloody bandage on his hand fort he rest of the film.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A woman drives a car to get away from a man, but he chases her on foot and finds her at a building.
  • A woman finds a man who has been chasing her is sitting next to her son. He threatens her and she leaves.

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