Ruthless People (1986)
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 34m
- Director David Zucker
- Genres Comedy
- Rating 6.6/10 (462 votes)
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
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Danny DeVito
as Sam Stone
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Bette Midler
as Barbara Stone
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Judge Reinhold
as Ken Kessler
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Helen Slater
as Sandy Kessler
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Anita Morris
as Carol Dodsworth
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Bill Pullman
as Earl James Mott
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William G. Schilling
as Chief Henry Benton
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Art Evans
as Lt. Bender
- Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters
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J.E. Freeman
as Bedroom Killer
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Gary Riley
as Heavy Metal Kid
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Frank Sivero
as The Mugger
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Phyllis Applegate
as Loan Officer
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Jeannine Bisignano
as Hooker in Car
- J.P. Bumstead as Technician
- Jon Cutler as Stereo Store Customer
- Susan Marie Snyder as Stereo Store Customer
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Jim Doughan
as Cop at Sam's House
Crew
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David Zucker
Director
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Jerry Zucker
Director
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Jim Abrahams
Director
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Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
- Gib Jaffe Editor
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Arthur Schmidt
Editor
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Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
- Michael Peyser Producer
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Dale Launer
Screenplay
