Trakio logo
Login
Home

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.

83min
1990
Released
Drama
Cinema TV
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating8.1/10

Cast

Emma Bird profile pictureEmma BirdPaula
Pete Postlethwaite profile picturePete PostlethwaitePaula's Father
John Bennett profile pictureJohn BennettChief Constable
Paul Barber profile picturePaul BarberDrugs Counsellor
Jake Abraham profile pictureJake AbrahamGreg
Stephen Walters profile pictureStephen WaltersViaduct Boy
Paul Codman profile picturePaul CodmanArresting Officer
Andrew Schofield profile pictureAndrew SchofieldChief Vigilante
Angela Walsh profile pictureAngela WalshAngry Mother
Mark Moraghan profile pictureMark MoraghanBinman
Paul Broughton profile picturePaul BroughtonPete - Danny's Cellmate
Tim Barlow profile pictureTim BarlowJack - Danny's Cellmate
Maureen O'Brien profile pictureMaureen O'BrienPrison Doctor
Geoffrey Hughes profile pictureGeoffrey HughesRepo Man
Noreen Kershaw profile pictureNoreen KershawProstitute
Kenneth Farrington profile pictureKenneth FarringtonBusinessman

Related Movies

Don Camillo's Last Round movie posterDon Camillo's Last Round
Night of the Creeps movie posterNight of the Creeps
Son of Godzilla movie posterSon of Godzilla
Terror of Mechagodzilla movie posterTerror of Mechagodzilla
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 1) movie posterThe Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder (Part 1)
Hell Night movie posterHell Night
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love movie posterThe Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus movie posterGodzilla vs. Megaguirus
Deported Women of the SS Special Section movie posterDeported Women of the SS Special Section
Super Hybrid movie posterSuper Hybrid
Flesh and Blood movie posterFlesh and Blood
Harpoon movie posterHarpoon
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo movie posterScooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo
The Day of the Lord movie posterThe Day of the Lord
The Way Back movie posterThe Way Back
Cassandro movie posterCassandro
Anonymous Animals movie posterAnonymous Animals
John movie posterJohn
The Man with the Answers movie posterThe Man with the Answers
The Last Heretic movie posterThe Last Heretic

About Needle

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.

Runtime: 83min

Extra details

Original Title: Needle
Original Language: English
Directed By: Gillies MacKinnon
Trakio logo
© 2023 Trakio