Ruthless People (1986)

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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.

• Released: 1986-06-26
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 34m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.6/10 from 464 votes

Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.

Top cast

• Danny DeVito as Sam Stone
• Bette Midler as Barbara Stone
• Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler
• Helen Slater as Sandy Kessler
• Anita Morris as Carol Dodsworth
• Bill Pullman as Earl James Mott
• William G. Schilling as Chief Henry Benton
• Art Evans as Lt. Bender
• Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters
• J.E. Freeman as Bedroom Killer

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Ruthless People

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• India: rent on Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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