Needle
Gillies MacKinnon1990-09-12
10
83 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Sean McKee | Danny | Unowned |
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Emma Bird | Paula | Unowned |
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Pete Postlethwaite | Paula's Father | Unowned |
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Anna Keaveney | Council Leader | Unowned |
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John Bennett | Chief Constable | Unowned |
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Paul Barber | Drugs Counsellor | Unowned |
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Gary Mavers | John | Unowned |
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Jake Abraham | Greg | Unowned |
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Andrew Naylor | Degsy | Unowned |
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Philip Foster | Rollo | Unowned |
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John Shackley | Stew | Unowned |
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Stephen Walters | Viaduct Boy | Unowned |
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Arthur Kelly | Bent Detective | Unowned |
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Paul Codman | Arresting Officer | Unowned |
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Andrew Schofield | Chief Vigilante | Unowned |
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John Conteh | Charlie | Unowned |
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Carleen Ann Lundon | Radio Reporter | Unowned |
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Angela Walsh | Angry Mother | Unowned |
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Mark Moraghan | Binman | Unowned |
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Thomas Branch | Shop Steward | Unowned |
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Shane Connaughton | Prison Governor | Unowned |
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Paul Broughton | Pete - Danny's Cellmate | Unowned |
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Tim Barlow | Jack - Danny's Cellmate | Unowned |
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David Rooney | Interviewing Officer | Unowned |
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Maureen O'Brien | Prison Doctor | Unowned |
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Bunny May | Prison Warder | Unowned |
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Vincent Maguire | Captain's Mate | Unowned |
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Peter Faulkner | Ferry Passenger | Unowned |
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Michael Strobel | Ferry Engineer | Unowned |
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Geoffrey Hughes | Repo Man | Unowned |
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Ina Clough | Old Woman | Unowned |
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Noreen Kershaw | Prostitute | Unowned |
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Chris Darwin | Man at Meeting | Unowned |
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Kenneth Farrington | Businessman | Unowned |
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Al T. Kossy | Wino | Unowned |
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Carl Chase | Taxi Driver | Unowned |