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Film / 1990
Needle
Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon
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.
The story
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 McKeeDanny
Emma BirdPaula
Pete PostlethwaitePaula's Father
Anna KeaveneyCouncil Leader
John BennettChief Constable
Paul BarberDrugs Counsellor
Gary MaversJohn
Jake AbrahamGreg
Andrew NaylorDegsy
Philip FosterRollo
John ShackleyStew
Stephen WaltersViaduct Boy
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Arthur KellyBent Detective
Paul CodmanArresting Officer
Andrew SchofieldChief Vigilante
John ContehCharlie
Carleen Ann LundonRadio Reporter
Angela WalshAngry Mother
Mark MoraghanBinman
Thomas BranchShop Steward
Shane ConnaughtonPrison Governor
Paul BroughtonPete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim BarlowJack - Danny's Cellmate
David RooneyInterviewing Officer
Maureen O'BrienPrison Doctor
Bunny MayPrison Warder
Vincent MaguireCaptain's Mate
Peter FaulknerFerry Passenger
Michael StrobelFerry Engineer
Geoffrey HughesRepo Man
Ina CloughOld Woman
Noreen KershawProstitute
Chris DarwinMan at Meeting
Kenneth FarringtonBusinessman
Al T. KossyWino
Carl ChaseTaxi Driver
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