Movie: The Price

Top 10 Billed Cast

Peter Barkworth
Peter Barkworth

Geoffrey Carr

Harriet Walter
Harriet Walter

Frances Carr

Aingeal Grehan
Aingeal Grehan

Kate

Simon Jones
Simon Jones

Lansbury

Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson

Frank Crossan

Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar

Willy

Hugh Fraser
Hugh Fraser

Richard Lefray

Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones

Andrew

John Kavanagh
John Kavanagh

Kearney

Susanna Reid
Susanna Reid

Clare

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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.

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    1985-01-10

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

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