Summary
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.
Cast
Sean McKee
Danny
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
Gary Mavers
John
Jake Abraham
Greg
Andrew Naylor
Degsy
Philip Foster
Rollo
John Shackley
Stew
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
Bunny May
Prison Warder
Vincent Maguire
Captain's Mate
Peter Faulkner
Ferry Passenger
Michael Strobel
Ferry Engineer
Geoffrey Hughes
Repo Man
Ina Clough
Old Woman
Noreen Kershaw
Prostitute
Chris Darwin
Man at Meeting
Kenneth Farrington
Businessman
Al T. Kossy
Wino
Carl Chase
Taxi Driver
Crew
Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Writer
Jimmy McGovern
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Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
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