Ruthless People (1986)
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.
- Released
- 1986-06-26
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Dale Launer
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 468 votes
Cast
- 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
- Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters
- J.E. Freeman as Bedroom Killer
- Gary Riley as Heavy Metal Kid
- Frank Sivero as The Mugger
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