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Ruthless People

1986 · Movie · 93 min· Updated Jul 2026
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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.

This pitch-black comedy subverts the typical kidnapping trope by featuring a husband who is actively rooting for his wife's demise. Watching a criminal duo struggle to execute a murder that the victim's spouse is practically subsidizing creates a chaotic, darkly hilarious friction.

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David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams

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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

1986•⭐ 6.6•93 min•Updated Jul 2026
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Rated:R
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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.

This pitch-black comedy subverts the typical kidnapping trope by featuring a husband who is actively rooting for his wife's demise. Watching a criminal duo struggle to execute a murder that the victim's spouse is practically subsidizing creates a chaotic, darkly hilarious friction.

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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