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Ruthless People

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.

1986 |1h 33m |  Comedy

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Cast

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Danny DeVito

Sam Stone

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Bette Midler

Barbara Stone

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Judge Reinhold

Ken Kessler

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Helen Slater

Sandy Kessler

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Anita Morris

Carol Dodsworth

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Bill Pullman

Earl James Mott

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William G. Schilling

Chief Henry Benton

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Art Evans

Lt. Bender

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Clarence Felder

Lt. Walters

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J.E. Freeman

Bedroom Killer

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Gary Riley

Heavy Metal Kid

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Frank Sivero

The Mugger

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Phyllis Applegate

Loan Officer

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Jeannine Bisignano

Hooker in Car

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Jim Doughan

Cop at Sam's House

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Arnold F. Turner

Cop with Killer Picture

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Janet Rotblatt

Secretary to Chief of Police

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Art Bonilla

Waiter

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Phil Hartman

Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$11,000,000.00

Revenue

$71,600,000.00