Needle (1990)

★ 10.0 1h 23m IMDb
Drama
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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

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Cast

Sean McKee
Sean McKee as Danny Liverpool, England Sean McKee was an actor, known for Liam (2000), Going Off Big Time (2000) and The Violators (2015). He died on July 29, 2015 following an epileptic fit at home. He was 54..
Emma Bird
Emma Bird as Paula Liverpool, England Emma successfully auditioned for her first professional role, Needle, written by Jimmy McGovern, directed by Gillies MacKinnon when she was 17 years old (BBC, 1990).  Having secured representation wit...
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite as Paula's Father Died 2011 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE (February 7, 1946 – January 2, 2011) was an English stage, film and television actor. After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlet...
John Bennett
John Bennett as Chief Constable Died 2005 · Beckenham, Kent, England, UK John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic,...
Paul Barber
Paul Barber as Drugs Counsellor Age 75 · Liverpool, United Kingdom Paul Barber is an actor, known for The Full Monty (1997), Formula 51 (2001) and The Long Good Friday (1980)..
Jake Abraham
Jake Abraham as Greg Died 2023 · Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK Jake Abraham was born in 1967 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Mean Machine (2001) and Formula 51 (2001). He passed away fr...
Director Gillies MacKinnon
Cast Sean McKee, Emma Bird, Pete Postlethwaite, Anna Keaveney, John Bennett, Paul Barber, Gary Mavers, Jake Abraham, Andrew Naylor, Philip Foster

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