Needle (1990)

  • NR
  • 09/12/1990 (GB)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 23m

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.

Gillies MacKinnon

Director

Jimmy McGovern

Writer

Cast

Sean McKee's headshot

Sean McKee

Danny
Emma Bird's headshot

Emma Bird

Paula
Pete Postlethwaite's headshot

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney's headshot

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader
John Bennett's headshot

John Bennett

Chief Constable
Paul Barber's headshot

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor
Gary Mavers's headshot

Gary Mavers

John
Jake Abraham's headshot

Jake Abraham

Greg

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