Ruthless People (1986)

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Ruthless People on IMDb 6.9/10 22,996 votes

Released:
1986-06-26

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.

Directors:
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Comedy

  • 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