Movie Description
Needle
(1990)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Gillies MacKinnon
- Writer : Jimmy McGovern
- Editor : Clare Douglas
- Cast : Sean McKee,Emma Bird,Pete Postlethwaite,Anna Keaveney,John Bennett,Paul Barber,Gary Mavers,Jake Abraham,Andrew Naylor,Philip Foster,John Shackley,Stephen Walters,Arthur Kelly,Paul Codman,Andrew Schofield,John Conteh,Carleen Ann Lundon,Angela Walsh,Mark Moraghan,Thomas Branch,Shane Connaughton,Paul Broughton,Tim Barlow,David Rooney,Maureen O'Brien,Bunny May,Vincent Maguire,Peter Faulkner,Michael Strobel,Geoffrey Hughes,Ina Clough,Noreen Kershaw,Chris Darwin,Kenneth Farrington,Al T. Kossy,Carl Chase
Cast
Danny
Paula
Paula's Father
Council Leader
Chief Constable
Drugs Counsellor
John
Greg
Degsy
Rollo
Stew
Viaduct Boy
Bent Detective
Arresting Officer
Chief Vigilante
Charlie
Radio Reporter
Angry Mother
Binman
Shop Steward
Prison Governor
Pete - Danny's Cellmate
Jack - Danny's Cellmate
Interviewing Officer
Prison Doctor
Prison Warder
Captain's Mate
Ferry Passenger
Ferry Engineer
Repo Man
Old Woman
Prostitute
Man at Meeting
Businessman
Wino
Taxi Driver
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Facts
Original TitleNeedle
Status Released
Release Information
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1990-09-12
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 23m
Genres
- Drama
- TV Movie
