
Needle
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.
Needle
September 12, 1990
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Cast (36)

Sean McKee
Danny

Emma Bird
Paula

Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney
Council Leader

John Bennett
Chief Constable

Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers
John

Jake Abraham
Greg

Andrew Naylor
Degsy

Philip Foster
Rollo

John Shackley
Stew

Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly
Bent Detective

Paul Codman
Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield
Chief Vigilante

John Conteh
Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon
Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh
Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan
Binman

Thomas Branch
Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton
Prison Governor

Paul Broughton
Pete - Danny's Cellmate

Tim Barlow
Jack - Danny's Cellmate

David Rooney
Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien
Prison Doctor

Bunny May
Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire
Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner
Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel
Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes
Repo Man

Ina Clough
Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw
Prostitute

Chris Darwin
Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington
Businessman

Al T. Kossy
Wino

Carl Chase
Taxi Driver
Crew (4)
Directing

Gillies MacKinnon
Director
Writing

Jimmy McGovern
Writer
Production
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Barry McCann
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
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Clare Douglas
Editor