About the film
Needle
Release Date: September 12, 1990
| Year | : | 1990 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | Drama |
| Production Companies | : | |
| Director | : | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | Jimmy McGovern |
| RunTime | : | 83 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
Sean McKee
Character : Danny
Emma Bird
Character : Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Character : Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
Character : Council Leader
John Bennett
Character : Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Character : Drugs Counsellor
Gary Mavers
Character : John
Jake Abraham
Character : Greg
Andrew Naylor
Character : Degsy
Philip Foster
Character : Rollo
John Shackley
Character : Stew
Stephen Walters
Character : Viaduct Boy
Arthur Kelly
Character : Bent Detective
Paul Codman
Character : Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
Character : Chief Vigilante
John Conteh
Character : Charlie
Carleen Ann Lundon
Character : Radio Reporter
Angela Walsh
Character : Angry Mother
Mark Moraghan
Character : Binman
Thomas Branch
Character : Shop Steward
Shane Connaughton
Character : Prison Governor
Paul Broughton
Character : Pete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim Barlow
Character : Jack - Danny's Cellmate
David Rooney
Character : Interviewing Officer
Maureen O'Brien
Character : Prison Doctor
Bunny May
Character : Prison Warder
Vincent Maguire
Character : Captain's Mate
Peter Faulkner
Character : Ferry Passenger
Michael Strobel
Character : Ferry Engineer
Geoffrey Hughes
Character : Repo Man
Ina Clough
Character : Old Woman
Noreen Kershaw
Character : Prostitute
Chris Darwin
Character : Man at Meeting
Kenneth Farrington
Character : Businessman
Al T. Kossy
Character : Wino
Carl Chase
Character : Taxi Driver
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