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Needle

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Calorie Rating: 117
Released: 1990-09-12
Running Time: 83 Minutes


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 / Directors



Cast

Sean McKee
Character: Danny
Emma Bird
Character: Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Character: Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney
Character: Council Leader
John Bennett
Character: Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Character: Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers
Character: John
Jake Abraham
Character: Greg
Andrew Naylor
Character: Degsy

Philip Foster
Character: Rollo
John Shackley
Character: Stew
Stephen Walters
Character: Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly
Character: Bent Detective
Paul Codman
Character: Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
Character: Chief Vigilante

John Conteh
Character: Charlie
Carleen Ann Lundon
Character: Radio Reporter
Angela Walsh
Character: Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan
Character: Binman
Thomas Branch
Character: Shop Steward
Shane Connaughton
Character: Prison Governor

Paul Broughton
Character: Pete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim Barlow
Character: Jack - Danny's Cellmate
David Rooney
Character: Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien
Character: Prison Doctor
Bunny May
Character: Prison Warder
Vincent Maguire
Character: Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner
Character: Ferry Passenger
Michael Strobel
Character: Ferry Engineer
Geoffrey Hughes
Character: Repo Man

Ina Clough
Character: Old Woman
Noreen Kershaw
Character: Prostitute
Chris Darwin
Character: Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington
Character: Businessman
Al T. Kossy
Character: Wino
Carl Chase
Character: Taxi Driver


Production and Crew

Barry McCann
Director of Photography