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The Price
Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.
Cast
- Peter Barkworth as Geoffrey Carr
- Harriet Walter as Frances Carr
- Aingeal Grehan as Kate
- Simon Jones as Lansbury
- Derek Thompson as Frank Crossan
- Adrian Dunbar as Willy
- Hugh Fraser as Richard Lefray
- Nicholas Jones as Andrew
- John Kavanagh as Kearney
- Susanna Reid as Clare
- David Lyon as Simon
- Linda Spurrier as Margaret
Details
- Director
- Peter Smith
- Released
- January 10, 1985
- Runtime
- 6h
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Studio
- RTÉ and Telepictures
- Status
- Released
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