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Ruthless People

Ruthless People (1986)

1h 33m | PG-13

⭐ 6.6 / 10

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.

Director: Jim Abrahams

Studio: Touchstone Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

as Sam Stone

Bette Midler

Bette Midler

as Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

as Ken Kessler

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

as Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris

Anita Morris

as Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

as Earl James Mott