Ruthless People (1986)

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

Movie · Comedy · 1h 34m · Rated 6.6/10 on TMDB · Released June 26, 1986

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.

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Cast

• Danny DeVito as Sam Stone
• Bette Midler as Barbara Stone
• Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler
• Helen Slater as Sandy Kessler
• Anita Morris as Carol Dodsworth
• Bill Pullman as Earl James Mott
• William G. Schilling as Chief Henry Benton
• Art Evans as Lt. Bender
• Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters
• J.E. Freeman as Bedroom Killer
• Gary Riley as Heavy Metal Kid
• Frank Sivero as The Mugger

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