Needle

Needle by Gillies MacKinnon

10.00

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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Cast

Sean McKee

Sean McKee as Danny

Emma Bird

Emma Bird as Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite as Paula's Father

Anna Keaveney

Anna Keaveney as Council Leader

John Bennett

John Bennett as Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Paul Barber as Drugs Counsellor

Gary Mavers

Gary Mavers as John

Jake Abraham

Jake Abraham as Greg

Andrew Naylor

Andrew Naylor as Degsy

Philip Foster

Philip Foster as Rollo

John Shackley

John Shackley as Stew

Stephen Walters

Stephen Walters as Viaduct Boy

Arthur Kelly

Arthur Kelly as Bent Detective

Paul Codman

Paul Codman as Arresting Officer

Andrew Schofield

Andrew Schofield as Chief Vigilante

John Conteh

John Conteh as Charlie

Carleen Ann Lundon

Carleen Ann Lundon as Radio Reporter

Angela Walsh

Angela Walsh as Angry Mother

Mark Moraghan

Mark Moraghan as Binman

Thomas Branch

Thomas Branch as Shop Steward

Shane Connaughton

Shane Connaughton as Prison Governor

Paul Broughton

Paul Broughton as Pete - Danny's Cellmate

Tim Barlow

Tim Barlow as Jack - Danny's Cellmate

David Rooney

David Rooney as Interviewing Officer

Maureen O'Brien

Maureen O'Brien as Prison Doctor

Bunny May

Bunny May as Prison Warder

Vincent Maguire

Vincent Maguire as Captain's Mate

Peter Faulkner

Peter Faulkner as Ferry Passenger

Michael Strobel

Michael Strobel as Ferry Engineer

Geoffrey Hughes

Geoffrey Hughes as Repo Man

Ina Clough

Ina Clough as Old Woman

Noreen Kershaw

Noreen Kershaw as Prostitute

Chris Darwin

Chris Darwin as Man at Meeting

Kenneth Farrington

Kenneth Farrington as Businessman

Al T. Kossy

Al T. Kossy as Wino

Carl Chase

Carl Chase as Taxi Driver

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