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Needle

Needle1990

★10.083 minDramaTV Movie

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.

Director

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer

Stars

Sean McKee Emma Bird Pete Postlethwaite

Cast36

Sean McKee
as Danny
Emma Bird
as Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
as Paula's Father
A
Anna Keaveney
as Council Leader
John Bennett
as Chief Constable
Paul Barber
as Drugs Counsellor
G
Gary Mavers
as John
Jake Abraham
as Greg
A
Andrew Naylor
as Degsy
P
Philip Foster
as Rollo
J
John Shackley
as Stew
Stephen Walters
as Viaduct Boy
A
Arthur Kelly
as Bent Detective
Paul Codman
as Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
as Chief Vigilante
J
John Conteh
as Charlie
C
Carleen Ann Lundon
as Radio Reporter
Angela Walsh
as Angry Mother
Mark Moraghan
as Binman
T
Thomas Branch
as Shop Steward
S
Shane Connaughton
as Prison Governor
Paul Broughton
as Pete - Danny's Cellmate
T
Tim Barlow
as Jack - Danny's Cellmate
D
David Rooney
as Interviewing Officer
Maureen O'Brien
as Prison Doctor
B
Bunny May
as Prison Warder
V
Vincent Maguire
as Captain's Mate
P
Peter Faulkner
as Ferry Passenger
M
Michael Strobel
as Ferry Engineer
Geoffrey Hughes
as Repo Man
I
Ina Clough
as Old Woman
Noreen Kershaw
as Prostitute
C
Chris Darwin
as Man at Meeting
Kenneth Farrington
as Businessman
Al T. Kossy
as Wino
Carl Chase
as Taxi Driver

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