Needle

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 12, 1990

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Cast

Noreen Kershaw,Mark Moraghan,Thomas Branch,Geoffrey Hughes,Maureen O'Brien,John Shackley,John Conteh,Vincent Maguire,Paul Barber,Chris Darwinand 26 more

Director

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer

Jimmy McGovern

Cinematography

Barry McCann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0149495