Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Jimmy McGovernWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 12, 1990
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Cast
Sean McKeeDanny
Emma BirdPaula
Pete PostlethwaitePaula's Father- Anna KeaveneyCouncil Leader
John BennettChief Constable
Paul BarberDrugs Counsellor- Gary MaversJohn
Jake AbrahamGreg- Andrew NaylorDegsy
- Philip FosterRollo
- John ShackleyStew
Stephen WaltersViaduct Boy- Arthur KellyBent Detective
Paul CodmanArresting Officer
Andrew SchofieldChief Vigilante- John ContehCharlie
- Carleen Ann LundonRadio Reporter
Angela WalshAngry Mother
Mark MoraghanBinman- Thomas BranchShop Steward
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