Needle

Needle

83 mins | Drama | Sept. 12, 1990

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.

Needle

83 mins | Drama | Sept. 12, 1990

Needle
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.
Producers
Original title Needle
Directors Gillies MacKinnon
Writers Jimmy McGovern

Cast

Sean McKee

as Danny

Emma Bird

as Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

as Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney

as Council Leader

John Bennett

as Chief Constable

Paul Barber

as Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers

as John

Jake Abraham

as Greg

Andrew Naylor

as Degsy

Philip Foster

as Rollo

John Shackley

as Stew

Stephen Walters

as Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly

as Bent Detective

Paul Codman

as Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

as Chief Vigilante

John Conteh

as Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon

as Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh

as Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan

as Binman

Thomas Branch

as Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton

as Prison Governor

Paul Broughton

as Pete - Danny's Cellmate

Tim Barlow

as Jack - Danny's Cellmate

David Rooney

as Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien

as Prison Doctor

Bunny May

as Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire

as Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner

as Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel

as Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes

as Repo Man

Ina Clough

as Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw

as Prostitute

Chris Darwin

as Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington

as Businessman

Al T. Kossy

as Wino

Carl Chase

as Taxi Driver