The Price

The Price (1985)

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

  • Genre: Thriller, Drama
  • Release Date: 1985-01-10
  • Runtime: 6h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RTÉ
  • Production Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Smith

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.

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  • 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
  • Denys Hawthorne

    as Doherty
  • Mark Mulholland

    as Watson
  • Colm Hefferon

    as Garda Twomey
  • Peadar Lamb

    as O'Hanlon
  • Ruth Hegarty

    as Eileen
  • Oliver Maguire

    as McLaughlin
Directing Peter Smith Director
Writing Peter Ransley Writer