

Ruthless People
1986 Directed by Jim AbrahamsSam 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.
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Danny DeVito
....................................................Sam Stone

Bette Midler
....................................................Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold
....................................................Ken Kessler

Helen Slater
....................................................Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris
....................................................Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman
....................................................Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling
....................................................Chief Henry Benton
Director
...........................................................Jim Abrahams
David Zucker
Jerry Zucker
Executive Producer
...........................................................Joanna Lancaster
Walter Yetnikoff
Richard Wagner
Producer
...........................................................Michael Peyser
Production Companies
...................................................Touchstone Pictures
Silver Screen Partners II
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Comedy
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