Needle

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Needle (1990)

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Drama, TV Movie · 1h 23m

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.

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Cast

Sean McKee Danny Emma Bird Paula Pete Postlethwaite Paula's Father
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Anna Keaveney Council Leader John Bennett Chief Constable Paul Barber Drugs Counsellor
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Gary Mavers John Jake Abraham Greg
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Andrew Naylor Degsy
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Philip Foster Rollo
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John Shackley Stew Stephen Walters Viaduct Boy

Crew

Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Writer
Jimmy McGovern
Director of Photography
Barry McCann
Editor
Clare Douglas

Details

Release date
1990-09-12
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom