Needle

1990

1h 23m

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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.

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Jimmy McGovern(writer by)
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Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
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John Bennett
Chief Constable
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Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
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Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy
Arthur Kelly
Bent Detective
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Paul Codman
Arresting Officer
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Andrew Schofield
Chief Vigilante
Carleen Ann Lundon
Radio Reporter
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Angela Walsh
Angry Mother

Writers

Jimmy McGovern(writer by)

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Release date

September 12, 1990 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

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