Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
Ruthless People
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Trailer
Ruthless People (1986) original theatrical trailer [FTD-0306] · plays on YouTube
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
- Written by
- Dale Launer
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
J.E. Freeman
Bedroom Killer
Gary Riley
Heavy Metal Kid
Frank Sivero
The Mugger
Phyllis Applegate
Loan Officer
Jeannine Bisignano
Hooker in Car
J.P. Bumstead
Technician
Jon Cutler
Stereo Store Customer
Details
- Released
- June 26, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $71,600,000
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