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Ruthless People (1986)

ALL 06/26/1986 (en) Comedy 93 Min
  • Release
    06/26/1986
  • Production
    Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    Ruthless People
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 71,600,000.00
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Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!

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.

  2. Story

  4. Michael Peyser

    Producer



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  1. Danny DeVito

    Sam Stone

  2. Bette Midler

    Barbara Stone

  3. Judge Reinhold

    Ken Kessler

  4. Helen Slater

    Sandy Kessler

  5. Anita Morris

    Carol Dodsworth

  6. Bill Pullman

    Earl James Mott

  7. William G. Schilling

    Chief Henry Benton

  8. Art Evans

    Lt. Bender

  9. Clarence Felder

    Lt. Walters

  10. J.E. Freeman

    Bedroom Killer

  11. Gary Riley

    Heavy Metal Kid

  12. Frank Sivero

    The Mugger

  13. Phyllis Applegate

    Loan Officer

  14. Jeannine Bisignano

    Hooker in Car

  15. J.P. Bumstead

    Technician

  16. Jon Cutler

    Stereo Store Customer

  17. Susan Marie Snyder

    Stereo Store Customer

  18. Jim Doughan

    Cop at Sam's House

  19. Christopher J. Keene

    Cop at Jail

  20. Henry Noguchi

    Coroner

  21. Arnold F. Turner

    Cop with Killer Picture

  22. Bob Tzudiker

    Sam's Attorney

  23. Charles A. Vanegas

    Arresting Cop

  24. Louise Yaffe

    Social Worker

  25. Janet Rotblatt

    Secretary to Chief of Police

  26. Charlotte Zucker

    Judge

  27. Art Bonilla

    Waiter

  28. Rick DeReyes

    Newscaster

  29. Mie Hunt

    Newscaster

  30. Ron Tank

    Newscaster

  31. Susan Stadner

    Aerobic Instructor

  32. Beth R. Johnson

    Aerobic Instructor

  33. Twyla Littleton

    Model

  34. Mary Elizabeth Thompson

    Elderly Woman

  35. Phil Hartman

    Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

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Casts : 35 , Crews : 62

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Ruthless People (1986) 93 Min

ALL 06/26/1986 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 06/26/1986
  • Production
    Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
  • Original title Ruthless People
  • en
  • Revenue71,600,000.00

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

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.

  1. David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Gib Jaffe, Arthur Schmidt

    Editor

  4. Michael Peyser

    Producer



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