Needle

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.

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

Stephen Walters

Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly

Bent Detective

Paul Codman

Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Chief Vigilante

Carleen Ann Lundon

Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh

Angry Mother

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

Ina Clough

Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw

Prostitute

Chris Darwin

Man at Meeting

Carl Chase

Taxi Driver

Barry McCann

Director of Photography

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