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Film · Comedy

Ruthless People (1986)

★ 6.6 · 470 votes1 h 34 minComedy1986

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

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.

Director
David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Writers
Dale Launer
Country
United States
Language
English
Release date
June 26, 1986

Ruthless People cast

  • Danny DeVitoSam Stone
  • Bette MidlerBarbara Stone
  • Judge ReinholdKen Kessler
  • Helen SlaterSandy Kessler
  • Anita MorrisCarol Dodsworth
  • Bill PullmanEarl James Mott
  • William G. SchillingChief Henry Benton
  • Art EvansLt. Bender
  • Clarence FelderLt. Walters
  • J.E. FreemanBedroom Killer
  • Gary RileyHeavy Metal Kid
  • Frank SiveroThe Mugger
  • Phyllis ApplegateLoan Officer
  • Jeannine BisignanoHooker in Car
  • J.P. BumsteadTechnician
  • Jon CutlerStereo Store Customer
  • Susan Marie SnyderStereo Store Customer
  • Jim DoughanCop at Sam's House
  • Christopher J. KeeneCop at Jail
  • Henry NoguchiCoroner
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