

Ruthless People
"Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$11.0M
$11,000,000
Revenue
$71.6M
$71,600,000
Languages
English
Studio
Touchstone Pictures
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Key Crew

David Zucker
Director

Jerry Zucker
Director

Jim Abrahams
Director

Dale Launer
Screenplay
Cast

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
Susan Marie Snyder
Stereo Store Customer

Jim Doughan
Cop at Sam's House

Christopher J. Keene
Cop at Jail
Henry Noguchi
Coroner