Ruthless People (1986)
Ruthless People (1986)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
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
Jerry Zucker
Director
Jim Abrahams
Director
Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer
Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Dale Launer
Screenplay
Sally Cruikshank
Opening Title Sequence
Richard Wagner
Executive Producer
Pat Romano
Stunts
Mick Jagger
Songs
Billy Joel
Songs
Ralph Garrett
Stunts
Danny Costa
Stunts
Phil Adams
Stunts
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Stunts
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Stunts
Wayne King Sr.
Stunts
John-Clay Scott
Stunts
Sasha Jenson
Stunts
Carol Neilson Smrz
Stunts
Brian Smrz
Stunts
Brad Bovee
Stunts
Ben Scott
Stunts
Mike Watson
Stunts
Ray Bickel
Stunts
Max Kleven
Stunts
Richard Drown
Stunts
Kathleen O'Haco
Stunts
Gene Hartline
Stunts
Ted White
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 26, 1986
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingR
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$71,600,000
Filming LocationsSanta Monica, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
ransom
lover (female)
kidnapping
business man
santa monica california
dark comedy
Wiki.
Ruthless People is a 1986 American black comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and written by Dale Launer. It stars Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Anita Morris, and Helen Slater, with Bill Pullman in a supporting role in his film debut. The film is the story of a couple who kidnap their ex-boss's wife to get revenge and extort money from him. They soon realize he does not want her back and was planning to kill her himself. Meanwhile, the boss's mistress plans a blackmail attempt on him, which also fails to go as planned.
The film was a critical and commercial success. This was the last film released under the Touchstone Films label before Walt Disney Studios changed the name of the label to Touchstone Pictures as well as the last film directed by the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker trio together.
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