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Feature film — 1986

Ruthless People (1986)

6.61h 34mComedy

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.

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A high-signal pick with 470 votes.

Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners II

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Director: Jim Abrahams

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Cast & crew

Danny DeVito as Sam Stone

Danny DeVito

Sam Stone

Bette Midler as Barbara Stone

Bette Midler

Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler

Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler

Helen Slater as Sandy Kessler

Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris as Carol Dodsworth

Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman as Earl James Mott

Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling as Chief Henry Benton

William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans as Lt. Bender

Art Evans

Lt. Bender

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Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman as Bedroom Killer

J.E. Freeman

Bedroom Killer

Gary Riley as Heavy Metal Kid

Gary Riley

Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero as The Mugger

Frank Sivero

The Mugger

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