The Price
Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
1985-01-10 | 360 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Peter BarkworthGeoffrey Carr
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Harriet WalterFrances Carr
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Aingeal GrehanKate
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Simon JonesLansbury
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Derek ThompsonFrank Crossan
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Adrian DunbarWilly
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Hugh FraserRichard Lefray
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Nicholas JonesAndrew
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John KavanaghKearney
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Susanna ReidClare
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Linda SpurrierMargaret
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Denys HawthorneDoherty
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Mark MulhollandWatson
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Oliver MaguireMcLaughlin
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