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Needle (1990)

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.

Release: 1990-09-12
Runtime: 83 min
Rating: 10 / 10
Cast
Sean McKee
Sean McKee
Danny
Emma Bird
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
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Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
John Bennett
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
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Gary Mavers
John
Jake Abraham
Jake Abraham
Greg
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Andrew Naylor
Degsy
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Philip Foster
Rollo
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John Shackley
Stew
Stephen Walters
Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy
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Arthur Kelly
Bent Detective
Paul Codman
Paul Codman
Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
Andrew Schofield
Chief Vigilante
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John Conteh
Charlie
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Carleen Ann Lundon
Radio Reporter
Angela Walsh
Angela Walsh
Angry Mother