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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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Ruthless People
Cast
Danny DeVitoSam Stone
Bette MidlerBarbara Stone
Judge ReinholdKen Kessler
Helen SlaterSandy Kessler
Anita MorrisCarol Dodsworth
Bill PullmanEarl James Mott
William G. SchillingChief Henry Benton
Art EvansLt. BenderCredits
- Directed by
- Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker
- Written by
- Dale Launer
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $71.6M
Production
Touchstone PicturesUnited States- Silver Screen Partners II
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