Needle (1990)
1h 23m
Running Time
September 12, 1990Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Sean McKee
Danny
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
Gillies MacKinnon
Director
Gary Mavers
John
Jimmy McGovern
Writer
George Faber
Producer
Jake Abraham
Greg
Andrew Naylor
Degsy
Kenith Trodd
Producer
Philip Foster
Rollo
Philip Appleby
Composer
John Shackley
Stew
Barry McCann
Cinematographer
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
