Ruthless People

Ruthless People (1986)

18
01/08/1986 (GB)
Comedy
1h 33m

Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!

Overview

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully intending to ignore every one of the kidnappers' demands in the hopes that they do him a favor and murder her for him, the two confused kidnappers have to figure out how they're going get their money, and what they're going to do with the overbearing Barbara.

  • David ZuckerDirector
  • Jerry ZuckerDirector
  • Jim AbrahamsDirector
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $11,000,000

  • Revenue

    $71,600,000

Keywords

  • businessman
  • ransom
  • kidnapping
  • female lover
  • dark comedy
  • santa monica, california

Top Billed Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Sam Stone

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris

Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling

William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder

Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman

J.E. Freeman

Bedroom Killer

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