Ruthless People
1986 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 6.6
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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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-06-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (446 votes)
Themes
- businessman
- ransom
- kidnapping
- female lover
- dark comedy
- santa monica, california
Cast & crew
Danny DeVito
as Sam Stone
Bette Midler
as Barbara Stone
Judge Reinhold
as Ken Kessler
Helen Slater
as Sandy Kessler
Anita Morris
as Carol Dodsworth
Bill Pullman
as Earl James Mott
William G. Schilling
as Chief Henry Benton
Art Evans
as Lt. Bender
- CF
Clarence Felder
as Lt. Walters
J.E. Freeman
as Bedroom Killer
Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker