
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.

Drugs Counsellor
The runtime is 83 minutes (1h 23m).
The film was directed by Gillies MacKinnon.
The screenplay was written by Jimmy McGovern.
Cinematography was handled by Barry McCann.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0149495.
Masterpiece
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