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Ruthless People

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

  • Movie
  • 1986
  • R
  • 1h 34m

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 470 votes

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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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Play trailer: Ruthless People (1986) original theatrical trailer [FTD-0306]

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Cast and crew

  • Danny DeVito

    Danny DeVitoSam Stone

  • Bette Midler

    Bette MidlerBarbara Stone

  • Judge Reinhold

    Judge ReinholdKen Kessler

  • Helen Slater

    Helen SlaterSandy Kessler

  • Anita Morris

    Anita MorrisCarol Dodsworth

  • Bill Pullman

    Bill PullmanEarl James Mott

  • William G. Schilling

    William G. SchillingChief Henry Benton

  • Art Evans

    Art EvansLt. Bender

  • Clarence FelderLt. Walters

  • J.E. Freeman

    J.E. FreemanBedroom Killer

  • Gary Riley

    Gary RileyHeavy Metal Kid

  • Frank Sivero

    Frank SiveroThe Mugger

  • Phyllis Applegate

    Phyllis ApplegateLoan Officer

  • Jeannine Bisignano

    Jeannine BisignanoHooker in Car

  • J.P. BumsteadTechnician

  • Jon CutlerStereo Store Customer

  • Susan Marie SnyderStereo Store Customer

  • Jim Doughan

    Jim DoughanCop at Sam's House

Director
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker
Writer
Dale Launer
Music
Michel Colombier
Cinematography
Jan de Bont