Film

Ruthless People

1986 · 1h 34m · Comedy

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

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

78

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.

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

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman

Bedroom Killer

Gary Riley

Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero

The Mugger

Phyllis Applegate

Loan Officer

Jeannine Bisignano

Hooker in Car

J.P. Bumstead

Technician

Jon Cutler

Stereo Store Customer

• Jim AbrahamsDirector
• David ZuckerDirector
• Jerry ZuckerDirector
• Dale LaunerScreenplay
• Michael PeyserProducer
• Joanna LancasterExecutive Producer
• Walter YetnikoffExecutive Producer
• Richard WagnerExecutive Producer
• Jan de BontDirector of Photography
• Michel ColombierOriginal Music Composer

Ruthless People (1986) original theatrical trailer [FTD-0306]Ruthless People 1986 TV trailerRuthless People 1986 TV trailer

Release date

June 26, 1986

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$71,600,000

Genres

Comedy

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