Needle (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.

Top 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

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