Needle (1990)
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
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
Jake Abraham
Greg
Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy
Paul Codman
Arresting Officer
Andrew Schofield
Chief Vigilante
Angela Walsh
Angry Mother
Mark Moraghan
Binman
Paul Broughton
Pete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim Barlow
Jack - Danny's Cellmate
Maureen O'Brien
Prison Doctor
Geoffrey Hughes
Repo Man
Noreen Kershaw
Prostitute
Kenneth Farrington
Businessman
Carl Chase
Taxi Driver