Movie·1986·1h 34m
Ruthless People
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
Directed By
Jim Abrahams
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Dale Launer
Producer
Joanna Lancaster, Walter Yetnikoff
Cinematography
Jan de Bont
Music
Michel Colombier
Editor
Gib Jaffe
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
446 votes
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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
Susan Marie Snyder
Stereo Store Customer
Jim Doughan
Cop at Sam's House
// crew
Crew
Jim Abrahams
Director
David Zucker
Director
Jerry Zucker
Director
Dale Launer
Screenplay
Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer
Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer
Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Gib Jaffe
Editor
Michael Peyser
Producer
Richard Wagner
Executive Producer
Arthur Schmidt
Editor
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
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