Needle

Needle (1990)

Drama TV 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.

star 10
  • Release Date: 1990-09-12
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Director: Gillies MacKinnon

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Cast

  • Sean McKee

    Danny

  • Emma Bird

    Paula

  • Pete Postlethwaite

    Paula's Father

  • Anna Keaveney

    Council Leader

  • John Bennett

    Chief Constable

  • Paul Barber

    Drugs Counsellor

  • Gary Mavers

    John

  • Jake Abraham

    Greg

  • Andrew Naylor

    Degsy

  • Philip Foster

    Rollo

  • John Shackley

    Stew

  • Stephen Walters

    Viaduct Boy

  • Arthur Kelly

    Bent Detective

  • Paul Codman

    Arresting Officer

  • Andrew Schofield

    Chief Vigilante

  • John Conteh

    Charlie

  • Carleen Ann Lundon

    Radio Reporter

  • Angela Walsh

    Angry Mother

  • Mark Moraghan

    Binman

  • Thomas Branch

    Shop Steward

  • Shane Connaughton

    Prison Governor

  • Paul Broughton

    Pete - Danny's Cellmate

  • Tim Barlow

    Jack - Danny's Cellmate

  • David Rooney

    Interviewing Officer

  • Maureen O'Brien

    Prison Doctor

  • Bunny May

    Prison Warder

  • Vincent Maguire

    Captain's Mate

  • Peter Faulkner

    Ferry Passenger

  • Michael Strobel

    Ferry Engineer

  • Geoffrey Hughes

    Repo Man

  • Ina Clough

    Old Woman

  • Noreen Kershaw

    Prostitute

  • Chris Darwin

    Man at Meeting

  • Kenneth Farrington

    Businessman

  • Al T. Kossy

    Wino

  • Carl Chase

    Taxi Driver