September 12, 1990
83 minutes
DramaTV Movie
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.
Trailer
Cast
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)
