Ruthless People (1986)
June 26, 1986
Comedy
1h 33m


Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
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
- Sam Stone Danny DeVito
- Barbara Stone Bette Midler
- Ken Kessler Judge Reinhold
- Sandy Kessler Helen Slater
- Carol Dodsworth Anita Morris
- Earl James Mott Bill Pullman
- Chief Henry Benton William G. Schilling
- Lt. Bender Art Evans
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Keywords
- businessman
- ransom
- kidnapping
- female lover
- dark comedy
- santa monica, california