
Ruthless People (1986)
6.6|26 Jun, 1986|93 min
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
6.6|26 Jun, 1986|93 min
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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.
Language
Budget$11,000,000
Revenue $71,600,000
English
Budget$11,000,000
Revenue $71,600,000
Keywords
businessman
ransom
kidnapping
female lover
dark comedy
santa monica, california
Casts

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

Arnold F. Turner
Cop with Killer Picture
Bob Tzudiker
Sam's Attorney
Charles A. Vanegas
Arresting Cop
Louise Yaffe
Social Worker

Janet Rotblatt
Secretary to Chief of Police

Charlotte Zucker
Judge

Art Bonilla
Waiter
Rick DeReyes
Newscaster
Mie Hunt
Newscaster
Ron Tank
Newscaster
Susan Stadner
Aerobic Instructor
Beth R. Johnson
Aerobic Instructor
Twyla Littleton
Model
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Elderly Woman

Phil Hartman
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Crews
Bruce Humphrey
Second Assistant Director

Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Brad Wilder
Makeup Artist

Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration

Rosanna Norton
Costume Designer
William S. Beasley
First Assistant Director
Donald B. Woodruff
Art Direction

Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor

Jeffrey Chernov
Unit Production Manager
Louis L. Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Carow
Sound Editor
Mike Dobie
Sound Editor
Barbara Lorenz
Key Hair Stylist

Jim Abrahams
Director

Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Michael Peyser
Producer

David Zucker
Director

Jerry Zucker
Director
Gib Jaffe
Editor
Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer

Dale Launer
Screenplay
Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer

Sally Cruikshank
Opening Title Sequence
Richard Wagner
Executive Producer

Pat Romano
Stunts

Billy Joel
Songs

Mick Jagger
Songs
Phil Adams
Stunts
Wayne King Sr.
Stunts

Sasha Jenson
Stunts
Carol Neilson Smrz
Stunts

Max Kleven
Stunts
Brad Bovee
Stunts
Ralph Garrett
Stunts
Diamond Farnsworth
Stunts
Carol Rees
Stunts

Brian Smrz
Stunts

Mike Watson
Stunts
Ray Bickel
Stunts
Kathleen O'Haco
Stunts
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Stunts
Danny Costa
Stunts
Richard Drown
Stunts

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Stunts

Gene Hartline
Stunts

Ben Scott
Stunts

Ted White
Stunts

John-Clay Scott
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunts

Faith Minton
Stunts

Arthur Schmidt
Editor

Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer

Walter Scott
Stunt Coordinator

Charles Croughwell
Stunts

Gregory J. Barnett
Stunts
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