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Needle [327206]
Released: 1990-09-12
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 83 mins
Popularity: 0.9015
Vote Average: 10
Vote Count: 1
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.

Cast [36]

Sean McKee — Sean McKee
Danny

Emma Bird — Emma Bird
Paula

Pete Postlethwaite — Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney — Anna Keaveney
Council Leader

John Bennett — John Bennett
Chief Constable

Paul Barber — Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers — Gary Mavers
John

Jake Abraham — Jake Abraham
Greg

Andrew Naylor — Andrew Naylor
Degsy

Philip Foster — Philip Foster
Rollo

John Shackley — John Shackley
Stew

Stephen Walters — Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly — Arthur Kelly
Bent Detective

Paul Codman — Paul Codman
Arresting Office

Andrew Schofield — Andrew Schofield
Chief Vigilante

John Conteh — John Conteh
Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon — Carleen Ann Lundon
Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh — Angela Walsh
Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan — Mark Moraghan
Binman

Thomas Branch — Thomas Branch
Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton — Shane Connaughton
Prison Governor

Paul Broughton — Paul Broughton
Pete - Danny's C

Tim Barlow — Tim Barlow
Jack - Danny's C

David Rooney — David Rooney
Interviewing Off

Maureen O'Brien — Maureen O'Brien
Prison Doctor

Bunny May — Bunny May
Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire — Vincent Maguire
Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner — Peter Faulkner
Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel — Michael Strobel
Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes — Geoffrey Hughes
Repo Man

Ina Clough — Ina Clough
Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw — Noreen Kershaw
Prostitute

Chris Darwin — Chris Darwin
Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington — Kenneth Farrington
Businessman

Al T. Kossy — Al T. Kossy
Wino

Carl Chase — Carl Chase
Taxi Driver

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