
Ruthless People
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Budget: $11,000,000 | Revenue : $71,600,000
Runtime: 93 minutes

Outrageous Fortune

Soul Man

The Trench

Hiding Out

Meltdown: Days of Destruction

Scalps

Family Plan

Protect and Serve

In Their Skin

Pecker

Danny DeVito
Played Sam Stone

Bette Midler
Played Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold
Played Ken Kessler

Helen Slater
Played Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris
Played Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman
Played Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling
Played Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans
Played Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder
Played Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman
Played Bedroom Killer

Gary Riley
Played Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero
Played The Mugger

Phyllis Applegate
Played Loan Officer

Jeannine Bisignano
Played Hooker in Car
J.P. Bumstead
Played Technician
Jon Cutler
Played Stereo Store Customer
Susan Marie Snyder
Played Stereo Store Customer

Jim Doughan
Played Cop at Sam's House
Christopher J. Keene
Played Cop at Jail
Henry Noguchi
Played Coroner

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

Janet Rotblatt
Played Secretary to Chief of Police
Charlotte Zucker
Played Judge

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

Phil Hartman
Played Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
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