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Ruthless People
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Ruthless People

Thu, Jun 26, 1986
  • Comedy
Film · Synopsis

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.

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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasThu, Jun 26, 1986
GB
  • In CinemasFri, Aug 1, 1986
AU
  • In CinemasThu, Sep 25, 1986
DE
  • In CinemasWed, Dec 10, 1986
Where to watch

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    as Sam Stone
  • Bette Midler
    Bette Midler
    as Barbara Stone
  • Judge Reinhold
    Judge Reinhold
    as Ken Kessler
  • Helen Slater
    Helen Slater
    as Sandy Kessler
  • Anita Morris
    Anita Morris
    as Carol Dodsworth
  • Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    as Earl James Mott
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