The Eye of the Needle
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Two young men in a village in Sicily raping a girl. In the end, two skilled lawyers will succeed in getting them to complete the trial, but one, who in the meantime has fallen in love with the victim.
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Cast
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Gérard Blain
Toto Cacace
Known for
The American Friend
The Mischief Makers
Annette Stroyberg
Rosaria Trizzini
Known for
Il Sorpasso
Marcello Andrei
Aldo Calamara
Nino Castelnuovo
Nicola Badalà
Known for
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The English Patient
Otello Cocchi
Giuseppe Berto
Also in
Viaggio nel Sud
Vittorio Gassman
Giorgio Mazzanò, lawyer
Known for
Il Sorpasso
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Alberto Bevilacqua
Also in
Witchcraft '70
Miniature di un romanzo
Achille Filo Della Torre
Mariangela Giordano
Carmelina
Known for
Burial Ground
The Sect
William Demby
Marcello Andrei Director · Lucia Drudi Demby Screenplay Alberto Bevilacqua Screenplay
Director
Marcello Andrei
Screenplay
Lucia Drudi Demby
Screenplay
Alberto Bevilacqua
Screenplay
Giuseppe Mangione
Story
Giuseppe Berto
Story
Dante Troisi
Composer
Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematographer
Riccardo Pallottini
Editor
Renato Cinquini
Production designer
Saverio D'Eugenio
Costume designer
Giuliano Papi
United States release June 21, 1965 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Les Films Agiman
Production
Mec Cinematografica
Production
Les Films Agiman
Production
France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La smania addosso
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Argentina · August 22, 1963
Italy · September 14, 1963
Theatrical
United States · June 21, 1965
Denmark
June 29, 1964
France
March 27, 1967
Germany
July 17, 1964
Mexico
September 3, 1964
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