Needle

Duration: 83 min

Release date: 1990-09-12

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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.

Drama TV Movie

Needle

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Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

as Paula's Father

as Council Leader

as Chief Constable

as Drugs Counsellor

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters

as Bent Detective

as Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield

as Chief Vigilante

Carleen Ann Lundon

Carleen Ann Lundon

as Radio Reporter

as Angry Mother

as Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton

Shane Connaughton

as Prison Governor

as Pete - Danny's Cellmate

as Jack - Danny's Cellmate

as Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien

as Prison Doctor

as Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire

Vincent Maguire

as Captain's Mate

as Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel

Michael Strobel

as Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes

as Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington

Kenneth Farrington

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Director of Photography

Gillies MacKinnon

Gillies MacKinnon

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