Needle

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Needle

1990

1h 23m

10.0(1 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

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.

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36 members

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Sean McKee

Danny

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Emma Bird

Paula

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Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

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Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

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John Bennett

Chief Constable

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Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

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Gary Mavers

John

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Jake Abraham

Greg

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Andrew Naylor

Degsy

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Philip Foster

Rollo

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John Shackley

Stew

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Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

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Arthur Kelly

Bent Detective

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Paul Codman

Arresting Officer

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Andrew Schofield

Chief Vigilante

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John Conteh

Charlie

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Carleen Ann Lundon

Radio Reporter

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Angela Walsh

Angry Mother

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Mark Moraghan

Binman

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Thomas Branch

Shop Steward

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Writing

Shane Connaughton

Prison Governor

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Paul Broughton

Pete - Danny's Cellmate

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Tim Barlow

Jack - Danny's Cellmate

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David Rooney

Interviewing Officer

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Maureen O'Brien

Prison Doctor

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Bunny May

Prison Warder

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Vincent Maguire

Captain's Mate

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Peter Faulkner

Ferry Passenger

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Michael Strobel

Ferry Engineer

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Geoffrey Hughes

Repo Man

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Ina Clough

Old Woman

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Noreen Kershaw

Prostitute

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Chris Darwin

Man at Meeting

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Kenneth Farrington

Businessman

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Al T. Kossy

Wino

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Carl Chase

Taxi Driver

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