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Needle

1990

1h 23m

10.00

Drama, TV Movie

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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

Emma Bird

Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

Jake Abraham

Greg

Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

Paul Codman

Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Chief Vigilante

Angela Walsh

Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan

Binman

Paul Broughton

Pete - Danny's Cellmate

Tim Barlow

Jack - Danny's Cellmate

Maureen O'Brien

Prison Doctor

Geoffrey Hughes

Repo Man

Noreen Kershaw

Prostitute

Kenneth Farrington

Businessman

Carl Chase

Taxi Driver

Sean McKee

Danny

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

Gary Mavers

John

Andrew Naylor

Degsy

Philip Foster

Rollo

John Shackley

Stew

Arthur Kelly

Bent Detective

John Conteh

Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon

Radio Reporter

Thomas Branch

Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton

Prison Governor

David Rooney

Interviewing Officer

Bunny May

Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire

Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner

Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel

Ferry Engineer

Ina Clough

Old Woman

Chris Darwin

Man at Meeting

Al T. Kossy

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