Plakat — Needle

Needle

1990 · 1h 23min★ 10.0
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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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Sean McKee

Sean McKee

Danny

Emma Bird

Emma Bird

Paula

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

Paula's Father

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Anna Keaveney

Council Leader

John Bennett

John Bennett

Chief Constable

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Drugs Counsellor

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Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern

Cinematography

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Barry McCann

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