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Needle

1990 1h 23m 10Movie
DramaTV Movie

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.

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Gillies MacKinnon

Director

Jimmy McGovern

Writer

Top Cast

Sean McKee

Sean McKee

Danny

Emma Bird

Emma Bird

Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

John Bennett

John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers

John

Jake Abraham

Jake Abraham

Greg

Andrew Naylor

Degsy

Philip Foster

Rollo

John Shackley

Stew

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly

Bent Detective

Paul Codman

Paul Codman

Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield

Chief Vigilante

John Conteh

Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon

Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh

Angela Walsh

Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan

Mark Moraghan

Binman

Thomas Branch

Shop Steward

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