The Panic in Needle Park
Turkish title: Esrar bitti
“God help Bobby and Helen, they're in love in Needle Park”
1971 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by 
Jerry Schatzberg
Jerry SchatzbergCast
Al Pacino 
Kitty Winn 
Alan Vint
Credits
Written by: James Mills
Plot
A young couple in New York fall into heroin addiction on the Upper West Side.
Sinekatalog’s take
Jerry Schatzberg's raw drama of heroin addiction in New York stars a young Al Pacino. Gritty, documentary-like and unsentimental, it portrays dependence with unflinching honesty.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (22,862 votes)
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