Ruthless People

6.6
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 93 min
  • Premiere: 1986. June 26.

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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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

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

Art Bonilla

Waiter

Rick DeReyes

Newscaster

Mie Hunt

Newscaster

Ron Tank

Newscaster

Susan Stadner

Aerobic Instructor

Beth R. Johnson

Aerobic Instructor

Phil Hartman

Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

Art

Anne D. McCulley

Set Decoration

Donald B. Woodruff

Art Direction

Sally Cruikshank

Opening Title Sequence

Camera

Jan de Bont

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Brad Wilder

Makeup Artist

Rosanna Norton

Costume Designer

Eric H. Sandberg

Costume Supervisor

Barbara Lorenz

Key Hair Stylist

Directing

William S. Beasley

First Assistant Director

Bruce Humphrey

Second Assistant Director

David Zucker

Director

Jerry Zucker

Director

Jim Abrahams

Director

Editing

Production

Jeffrey Chernov

Unit Production Manager

Walter Yetnikoff

Executive Producer

Michael Peyser

Producer

Joanna Lancaster

Executive Producer

Richard Wagner

Executive Producer

Sound

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Charles L. Campbell

Supervising Sound Editor

Tommy Mottola

Music Supervisor

Louis L. Edemann

Supervising Sound Editor

Larry Carow

Sound Editor

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

Rick Kline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chuck Neely

Sound Editor

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mike Dobie

Sound Editor

Michel Colombier

Original Music Composer

Writing

Dale Launer

Screenplay

Art

Anne D. McCulley

Set Decoration

Donald B. Woodruff

Art Direction

Sally Cruikshank

Opening Title Sequence

Camera

Jan de Bont

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Brad Wilder

Makeup Artist

Rosanna Norton

Costume Designer

Eric H. Sandberg

Costume Supervisor

Barbara Lorenz

Key Hair Stylist

Directing

William S. Beasley

First Assistant Director

Bruce Humphrey

Second Assistant Director

David Zucker

Director

Jerry Zucker

Director

Jim Abrahams

Director

Editing

Production

Jeffrey Chernov

Unit Production Manager

Walter Yetnikoff

Executive Producer

Michael Peyser

Producer

Joanna Lancaster

Executive Producer

Richard Wagner

Executive Producer

Sound

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Charles L. Campbell

Supervising Sound Editor

Tommy Mottola

Music Supervisor

Louis L. Edemann

Supervising Sound Editor

Larry Carow

Sound Editor

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

Rick Kline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Chuck Neely

Sound Editor

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mike Dobie

Sound Editor

Michel Colombier

Original Music Composer

Writing

Dale Launer

Screenplay