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The Price
The Price

The Price

Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4

Genres

ThrillerDrama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

360 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

10 January 1985

Country

Ireland

Cast

Peter Barkworth

Peter Barkworth

Geoffrey Carr

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

Frances Carr

Aingeal Grehan

Aingeal Grehan

Kate

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

Lansbury

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

Frank Crossan

Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

Willy

Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser

Richard Lefray

Nicholas Jones

Nicholas Jones

Andrew

John Kavanagh

John Kavanagh

Kearney

Susanna Reid

Susanna Reid

Clare

David Lyon

David Lyon

Simon

Linda Spurrier

Linda Spurrier

Margaret

Denys Hawthorne

Denys Hawthorne

Doherty

Mark Mulholland

Mark Mulholland

Watson

Colm Hefferon

Colm Hefferon

Garda Twomey

Peadar Lamb

Peadar Lamb

O'Hanlon

Ruth Hegarty

Ruth Hegarty

Eileen

Oliver Maguire

Oliver Maguire

McLaughlin

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