
The Price
Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
1985 en 360 minutes
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Plot
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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Cast

Peter Barkworth
Geoffrey Carr

Harriet Walter
Frances Carr

Aingeal Grehan
Kate

Simon Jones
Lansbury

Derek Thompson
Frank Crossan

Adrian Dunbar
Willy

Hugh Fraser
Richard Lefray

Nicholas Jones
Andrew

John Kavanagh
Kearney

Susanna Reid
Clare

David Lyon
Simon

Linda Spurrier
Margaret

Denys Hawthorne
Doherty

Mark Mulholland
Watson

Colm Hefferon
Garda Twomey

Peadar Lamb
O'Hanlon

Ruth Hegarty
Eileen

Oliver Maguire
McLaughlin