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10/10 • 1

1990-09-121h 23m

DramaTV Movie

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.

Directors
Gillies MacKinnon
Writters
Jimmy McGovern
Editors
Clare Douglas

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  1. Sean McKee

    Sean McKee

    Danny

  2. Emma Bird

    Emma Bird

    Paula

  3. Pete Postlethwaite

    Pete Postlethwaite

    Paula's Father

  4. Anna Keaveney

    Anna Keaveney

    Council Leader

  5. John Bennett

    John Bennett

    Chief Constable

  6. Paul Barber

    Paul Barber

    Drugs Counsellor

  7. Gary Mavers

    Gary Mavers

    John

  8. Jake Abraham

    Jake Abraham

    Greg

  9. Andrew Naylor

    Andrew Naylor

    Degsy

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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