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The Price(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 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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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.
Languages: English.
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United Kingdom
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Movie: The Price
Top 10 Billed Cast
Peter Barkworth
Geoffrey Carr
Harriet Walter
Frances Carr
Aingeal Grehan
Kate
Simon Jones
Lansbury
Derek Thompson
Frank Crossan
Adrian Dunbar
Willy
Hugh Fraser
Richard Lefray
Nicholas Jones
Andrew
John Kavanagh
Kearney
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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Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
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