Ruthless People (1986)

  • R
  • 06/26/1986 (US)
  • 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 Zucker

Director

Jerry Zucker

Director

Jim Abrahams

Director

Dale Launer

Screenplay

Cast

Danny DeVito's headshot

Danny DeVito

Sam Stone
Bette Midler's headshot

Bette Midler

Barbara Stone
Judge Reinhold's headshot

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler
Helen Slater's headshot

Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler
Anita Morris's headshot

Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth
Bill Pullman's headshot

Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott
William G. Schilling's headshot

William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton
Art Evans's headshot

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

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