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Needle

Needle

10.0/ 10(1 votes)

1h 23m

September 12, 1990

EN

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.

Directed byGillies MacKinnon

Cast (36)

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

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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

Shane Connaughton

Prison Governor

Paul Broughton

Paul Broughton

Pete - Danny's Cellmate

Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow

Jack - Danny's Cellmate

David Rooney

Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien

Prison Doctor

Bunny May

Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire

Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner

Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel

Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes

Repo Man

Ina Clough

Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw

Noreen Kershaw

Prostitute

Chris Darwin

Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington

Kenneth Farrington

Businessman

Al T. Kossy

Al T. Kossy

Wino

Carl Chase

Carl Chase

Taxi Driver