
The Price (1985)
6h 0m | PG-13
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.
Director: Peter Smith
Studio: RTÉ
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast

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