Ruthless People

Ruthless People

1986
1h 33m
6.6

6.6/10

441 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $11,000,000

Revenue: $71,600,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners II
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

businessman ransom kidnapping female lover dark comedy santa monica, california

Quick Facts

Release Date June 26, 1986
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0091877

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

Gary Riley
Gary Riley

Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero
Frank Sivero

The Mugger

Key Crew

David Zucker
Director
Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer
Michael Peyser
Producer
Jerry Zucker
Director
Jim Abrahams
Director
Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer
Dale Launer
Screenplay
Richard Wagner
Executive Producer