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The Price

The Price (1985)

6h 0m | PG-13

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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

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Cast

Peter Barkworth

Peter Barkworth

as Geoffrey Carr

Harriet Walter

Harriet Walter

as Frances Carr

Aingeal Grehan

Aingeal Grehan

as Kate

Simon Jones

Simon Jones

as Lansbury

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

as Frank Crossan

Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

as Willy