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The Price
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The Price

1985-01-10 · 360 min · Not rated

Thriller · Drama

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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Directors
Peter Smith
Production companies
RTÉ, Telepictures
Countries
Ireland, United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Peter BarkworthPeter BarkworthGeoffrey Carr
Harriet WalterHarriet WalterFrances Carr
Aingeal GrehanAingeal GrehanKate
Simon JonesSimon JonesLansbury
Derek ThompsonDerek ThompsonFrank Crossan
Adrian DunbarAdrian DunbarWilly
Hugh FraserHugh FraserRichard Lefray
Nicholas JonesNicholas JonesAndrew
John KavanaghJohn KavanaghKearney
Susanna ReidSusanna ReidClare
David LyonSimon
Linda SpurrierLinda SpurrierMargaret
Denys HawthorneDenys HawthorneDoherty
Mark MulhollandMark MulhollandWatson
Colm HefferonGarda Twomey
Peadar LambO'Hanlon
Ruth HegartyEileen
Oliver MaguireOliver MaguireMcLaughlin

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