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Needle

19901h 23m10.0/ 10 · TMDB · 2 votes
DramaTV Movie

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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Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Sean McKee
Sean McKee

Danny

Emma Bird
Emma Bird

Paula

Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

John Bennett
John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber
Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers

John

Jake Abraham
Jake Abraham

Greg

Andrew Naylor

Degsy

Philip Foster

Rollo

John Shackley

Stew

Stephen Walters
Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

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Film details

Released12 Sept 1990
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
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