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12/09/1990 Drama, TV Movie 1h 23m
100
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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.

  1. Gillies MacKinnon

    Director

  2. Jimmy McGovern

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Sean McKee

    Danny

  2. Emma Bird

    Paula

  3. Pete Postlethwaite

    Paula's Father

  4. Anna Keaveney

    Council Leader

  5. John Bennett

    Chief Constable

  6. Paul Barber

    Drugs Counsellor

  7. Gary Mavers

    John

  8. Jake Abraham

    Greg

  9. Andrew Naylor

    Degsy

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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