Ruthless People (1986)
Comedy • 1ч 34м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.6
(448)
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
No photo
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
No photo
J.P. Bumstead
Technician
No photo
Jon Cutler
Stereo Store Customer
No photo
Susan Marie Snyder
Stereo Store Customer
Jim Doughan
Cop at Sam's House
Christopher J. Keene
Cop at Jail
No photo
Henry Noguchi
Coroner
Arnold F. Turner
Cop with Killer Picture
Bob Tzudiker
Sam's Attorney
No photo
Charles A. Vanegas
Arresting Cop
No photo
Louise Yaffe
Social Worker
Crew
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brad Wilder
Makeup Artist
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor
Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor
Louis L. Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Carow
Sound Editor
Rosanna Norton
Costume Designer
Jeffrey Chernov
Unit Production Manager
Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William S. Beasley
First Assistant Director
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald B. Woodruff
Art Direction
Ellen Chenoweth
Casting
Bruce Humphrey
Second Assistant Director
Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor
Mike Dobie
Sound Editor
Barbara Lorenz
Key Hair Stylist
Gib Jaffe
Editor
David Zucker
Director
Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer
Michael Peyser
Producer
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