Ruthless People (1986)

06/26/1986 (US) • 1h 33m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Danny DeVito

Sam Stone

Bette Midler

Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler

Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$11,000,000.00

Revenue

$71,600,000.00

Keywords

businessman

ransom

kidnapping

female lover

dark comedy

santa monica, california

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