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Ruthless People

1986 · 1h 34m · Comedy

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

IMDb
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
78

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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.

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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

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling

William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman

J.E. Freeman

Bedroom Killer

Gary Riley

Gary Riley

Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero

Frank Sivero

The Mugger

Phyllis Applegate

Phyllis Applegate

Loan Officer

Jeannine Bisignano

Jeannine Bisignano

Hooker in Car

J.P. Bumstead

Technician

Jon Cutler

Stereo Store Customer

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
June 26, 1986
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Budget
$11,000,000
Revenue
$71,600,000
Genres
Comedy

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