Eye of the Needle
On the strength of his direction of the 1981 feature, "Eye of the Needle", Marquand was hired by writer-producer George Lucas to direct "Return of the Jedi". In his commentary track on the DVD, Lucas explains that Marquand "had done some great suspense films and was really good with actors. "Eye of the Needle" was the film I'd seen that he had done that impressed me the most, it was really nicely done and had a lot of energy and suspense."