Ruthless People
Ruthless People

Information

Release DateJune 26, 1986
Runtime1h 33m
StatusReleased
Budget$11M
Revenue$72M
ProductionTouchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
LanguagesEnglish
6.6
415 votes
Popularity1

Ruthless People

"Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!"

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Jim Abrahams
Jim Abrahams

Featured Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Sam Stone

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris

Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth

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