Needle
1990 | 83m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
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| Writer: | Jimmy McGovern |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 12, 1990 |
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| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Writer: | Jimmy McGovern |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Andrew Naylor | Degsy |
| Philip Foster | Rollo |
| John Shackley | Stew |
| Stephen Walters | Viaduct Boy |
| Arthur Kelly | Bent Detective |
| Paul Codman | Arresting Officer |
| Andrew Schofield | Chief Vigilante |
| John Conteh | Charlie |
| Carleen Ann Lundon | Radio Reporter |
| Angela Walsh | Angry Mother |
| Mark Moraghan | Binman |
| Thomas Branch | Shop Steward |
| Shane Connaughton | Prison Governor |
| Paul Broughton | Pete - Danny's Cellmate |
| Tim Barlow | Jack - Danny's Cellmate |
| David Rooney | Interviewing Officer |
| Maureen O'Brien | Prison Doctor |
| Bunny May | Prison Warder |
| Vincent Maguire | Captain's Mate |
| Peter Faulkner | Ferry Passenger |
| Michael Strobel | Ferry Engineer |
| Geoffrey Hughes | Repo Man |
| Ina Clough | Old Woman |
| Noreen Kershaw | Prostitute |
| Chris Darwin | Man at Meeting |
| Kenneth Farrington | Businessman |
| Al T. Kossy | Wino |
| Carl Chase | Taxi Driver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Jimmy McGovern | Writer |
| Barry McCann | Director of Photography |
| Clare Douglas | Editor |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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