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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.
Ruthless People is a film that explores themes of businessman, ransom, kidnapping. It also touches on female lover and dark comedy and santa monica, california.
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Directors
David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Cast
Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman
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Ruthless People
IMDb
6.6/10
RT Critics
93%
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Directors
David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Cast
Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman, William G. Schilling, Art Evans, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman
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