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