Needle

Needle (1990)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1990-09-12
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: English
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Gillies MacKinnon
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Summary

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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  • Sean McKee

    as Danny

  • Emma Bird

    as Paula

  • Pete Postlethwaite

    as Paula's Father

  • Anna Keaveney

    as Council Leader

  • John Bennett

    as Chief Constable

  • Paul Barber

    as Drugs Counsellor

  • Gary Mavers

    as John

  • Jake Abraham

    as Greg

  • Andrew Naylor

    as Degsy

  • Philip Foster

    as Rollo

  • John Shackley

    as Stew

  • Stephen Walters

    as Viaduct Boy

  • Arthur Kelly

    as Bent Detective

  • Paul Codman

    as Arresting Officer

  • Andrew Schofield

    as Chief Vigilante

  • John Conteh

    as Charlie

  • Carleen Ann Lundon

    as Radio Reporter

  • Angela Walsh

    as Angry Mother

  • Mark Moraghan

    as Binman

  • Thomas Branch

    as Shop Steward

  • Shane Connaughton

    as Prison Governor

  • Paul Broughton

    as Pete - Danny's Cellmate

  • Tim Barlow

    as Jack - Danny's Cellmate

  • David Rooney

    as Interviewing Officer

  • Maureen O'Brien

    as Prison Doctor

  • Bunny May

    as Prison Warder

  • Vincent Maguire

    as Captain's Mate

  • Peter Faulkner

    as Ferry Passenger

  • Michael Strobel

    as Ferry Engineer

  • Geoffrey Hughes

    as Repo Man

  • Ina Clough

    as Old Woman

  • Noreen Kershaw

    as Prostitute

  • Chris Darwin

    as Man at Meeting

  • Kenneth Farrington

    as Businessman

  • Al T. Kossy

    as Wino

  • Carl Chase

    as Taxi Driver
Directing Gillies MacKinnon Director
Writing Jimmy McGovern Writer
Camera Barry McCann Director of Photography
Editing Clare Douglas Editor

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