
The Price
Seen it?1985 | 360 min | Thriller, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
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Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 6 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 6 hr.
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.
How it earned its rating
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- Reach & staying powerNot counted
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- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
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Cast & crew
Directed by Peter Smith
- Peter BarkworthGeoffrey Carr
- Harriet WalterFrances Carr
- Aingeal GrehanKate
- Simon JonesLansbury
- Derek ThompsonFrank Crossan
- Adrian DunbarWilly
- Hugh FraserRichard Lefray
- Nicholas JonesAndrew
- John KavanaghKearney
- Susanna ReidClare