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Needle
2013
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MOVIE • 1990
Needle
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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.
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Top Cast
Sean McKee
Danny
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
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Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
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Gary Mavers
John
Jake Abraham
Greg
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Andrew Naylor
Degsy
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Philip Foster
Rollo
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John Shackley
Stew
Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy
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Arthur Kelly
Bent Detective
Paul Codman
Arresting Officer
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Theatrical release date: September 12, 1990
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FilmStatus
Released
Release
September 12, 1990
Runtime
83 min
Language
English
Origin
United Kingdom
Budget
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