Needle

Needle

1990 1h 23mDir. Gillies MacKinnon
10.0/ 10
DramaTV Movie

Overview

Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.

Cast & Crew

Sean McKee

Sean McKee

Danny

Emma Bird

Emma Bird

Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

A

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

John Bennett

John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

G

Gary Mavers

John

Jake Abraham

Jake Abraham

Greg

A

Andrew Naylor

Degsy

P

Philip Foster

Rollo

J

John Shackley

Stew

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

A

Arthur Kelly

Bent Detective

Paul Codman

Paul Codman

Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield

Chief Vigilante

J

John Conteh

Charlie

C

Carleen Ann Lundon

Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh

Angela Walsh

Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan

Mark Moraghan

Binman

T

Thomas Branch

Shop Steward

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