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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.

Top Cast

  • Sean McKee

    Sean McKee

    Danny

  • Emma Bird

    Emma Bird

    Paula

  • Pete Postlethwaite

    Pete Postlethwaite

    Paula's Father

  • Anna Keaveney

    Anna Keaveney

    Council Leader

  • John Bennett

    John Bennett

    Chief Constable

  • Paul Barber

    Paul Barber

    Drugs Counsellor

  • Gary Mavers

    Gary Mavers

    John

  • Jake Abraham

    Jake Abraham

    Greg

  • Andrew Naylor

    Andrew Naylor

    Degsy

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.

Rating

10.0 / 10
2 Reviews
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