
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.

as Danny

as Paula

as Paula's Father

as Council Leader

as Chief Constable

as Drugs Counsellor

as John

as Greg

as Degsy

as Rollo

as Stew

as Viaduct Boy

as Bent Detective

as Arresting Officer

as Chief Vigilante

as Charlie

as Radio Reporter

as Angry Mother

as Binman

as Shop Steward

as Prison Governor

as Pete - Danny's Cellmate

as Jack - Danny's Cellmate

as Interviewing Officer

as Prison Doctor

as Prison Warder

as Captain's Mate

as Ferry Passenger

as Ferry Engineer

as Repo Man

as Old Woman

as Prostitute

as Man at Meeting

as Businessman

as Wino

as Taxi Driver