The Price
Brutal terror and financial intrigue clash in this stylish, edgy thriller from Channel 4
- Drama
- Thriller
Overview
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.
Keywords
- kidnapping
- ransom
- ira (irish republican army)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 10, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- Ireland, United Kingdom
- Production
- RTÉ,Telepictures,RTÉ, Telepictures
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0198209