The Panic in Needle Park

Here's a downer double-bill of doomed love and drug dependency. A small-time hustler and a homeless woman connect amid the heroin scene of early 1970s New York. It's not exactly date movie material, but at least it's honest.

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Jerry Schatzberg directed The Panic in Needle Park in 1971. See Jerry Schatzberg's full filmography, where to start with Jerry Schatzberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jerry Schatzberg.

The Panic in Needle Park was released in 1971 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.