Needle
10
83 minutes
9/12/1990
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.
Cast List
Sean McKee
as Danny
Emma Bird
as Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
as Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
as Council Leader
John Bennett
as Chief Constable
Paul Barber
as Drugs Counsellor
Gary Mavers
as John
Jake Abraham
as Greg
Andrew Naylor
as Degsy
Philip Foster
as Rollo
John Shackley
as Stew
Stephen Walters
as Viaduct Boy
Arthur Kelly
as Bent Detective
Paul Codman
as Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
as Chief Vigilante
John Conteh
as Charlie
Carleen Ann Lundon
as Radio Reporter
Angela Walsh
as Angry Mother
Mark Moraghan
as Binman
Thomas Branch
as Shop Steward
Shane Connaughton
as Prison Governor
Paul Broughton
as Pete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim Barlow
as Jack - Danny's Cellmate
David Rooney
as Interviewing Officer
Maureen O'Brien
as Prison Doctor
Bunny May
as Prison Warder
Vincent Maguire
as Captain's Mate
Peter Faulkner
as Ferry Passenger
Michael Strobel
as Ferry Engineer
Geoffrey Hughes
as Repo Man
Ina Clough
as Old Woman
Noreen Kershaw
as Prostitute
Chris Darwin
as Man at Meeting
Kenneth Farrington
as Businessman
Al T. Kossy
as Wino
Carl Chase
as Taxi Driver