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Needle

10.019901h 23mMovieDramaTV Movie

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.

DirectorGillies MacKinnon
WriterJimmy McGovern

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Cast · Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Sean McKee
Sean McKee
Danny
Emma Bird
Emma Bird
Paula
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite
Paula's Father
Anna Keaveney
Anna Keaveney
Council Leader
John Bennett
John Bennett
Chief Constable
Paul Barber
Paul Barber
Drugs Counsellor
Gary Mavers
Gary Mavers
John
Jake Abraham
Jake Abraham
Greg
Andrew Naylor
Andrew Naylor
Degsy
Philip Foster
Philip Foster
Rollo
John Shackley
John Shackley
Stew
Stephen Walters
Stephen Walters
Viaduct Boy

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Is Needle on Netflix?

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Needle hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 31, 1990. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.