Needle
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.
Crew and Cast
Gillies MacKinnonDirector
Sean McKeeDanny
Emma BirdPaula
Pete PostlethwaitePaula's FatherAnna KeaveneyCouncil Leader
John BennettChief Constable
Paul BarberDrugs CounsellorGary MaversJohn
Jake AbrahamGregAndrew NaylorDegsy
Philip FosterRollo
John ShackleyStew
Stephen WaltersViaduct BoyArthur KellyBent Detective
Paul CodmanArresting Officer
Andrew SchofieldChief VigilanteJohn ContehCharlie
Carleen Ann LundonRadio Reporter
Angela WalshAngry Mother
Mark MoraghanBinmanThomas BranchShop Steward
Shane ConnaughtonPrison Governor
Paul BroughtonPete · Danny's CellmateTim BarlowJack · Danny's Cellmate
David RooneyInterviewing Officer
Maureen O'BrienPrison DoctorBunny MayPrison Warder
Vincent MaguireCaptain's Mate
Peter FaulknerFerry Passenger
Michael StrobelFerry Engineer
Geoffrey HughesRepo ManStoryline
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 12 September 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- TMDB score
- 10.0 / 10 (2 votes)
Production
- Director
- Gillies MacKinnon
- Writers
- Jimmy McGovern
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English