Ruthless People (1986)
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.
Directors:
Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker.
Writer:
Dale Launer
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Danny DeVito as Sam Stone |
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Bette Midler as Barbara Stone |
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Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler |
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Helen Slater as Sandy Kessler |
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Anita Morris as Carol Dodsworth |
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Bill Pullman as Earl James Mott |
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William G. Schilling as Chief Henry Benton |
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Art Evans as Lt. Bender |
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Clarence Felder as Lt. Walters |
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J.E. Freeman as Bedroom Killer |
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Gary Riley as Heavy Metal Kid |
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Frank Sivero as The Mugger |
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Phyllis Applegate as Loan Officer |
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Jeannine Bisignano as Hooker in Car |
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J.P. Bumstead as Technician |
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Jon Cutler as Stereo Store Customer |
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Susan Marie Snyder as Stereo Store Customer |
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Jim Doughan as Cop at Sam's House |
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Christopher J. Keene as Cop at Jail |
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Henry Noguchi as Coroner |
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Arnold F. Turner as Cop with Killer Picture |
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Bob Tzudiker as Sam's Attorney |
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Charles A. Vanegas as Arresting Cop |
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Louise Yaffe as Social Worker |
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Janet Rotblatt as Secretary to Chief of Police |
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Charlotte Zucker as Judge |
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Art Bonilla as Waiter |
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Rick DeReyes as Newscaster |
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Mie Hunt as Newscaster |
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Ron Tank as Newscaster |
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Susan Stadner as Aerobic Instructor |
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Beth R. Johnson as Aerobic Instructor |
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Twyla Littleton as Model |
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Mary Elizabeth Thompson as Elderly Woman |
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Phil Hartman as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited) |
| Directing | Bruce Humphrey | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Charles L. Campbell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad Wilder | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ellen Chenoweth | Casting |
| Sound | Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Samuel C. Crutcher | Sound Editor |
| Art | Anne D. McCulley | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosanna Norton | Costume Designer |
| Directing | William S. Beasley | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Donald B. Woodruff | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tommy Mottola | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Chuck Neely | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eric H. Sandberg | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Jeffrey Chernov | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Louis L. Edemann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Larry Carow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Mike Dobie | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Lorenz | Key Hair Stylist |
| Directing | Jim Abrahams | Director |
| Camera | Jan de Bont | Director of Photography |
| Production | Michael Peyser | Producer |
| Directing | David Zucker | Director |
| Directing | Jerry Zucker | Director |
| Editing | Gib Jaffe | Editor |
| Production | Joanna Lancaster | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Dale Launer | Screenplay |
| Production | Walter Yetnikoff | Executive Producer |
| Art | Sally Cruikshank | Opening Title Sequence |
| Production | Richard Wagner | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Pat Romano | Stunts |
| Sound | Billy Joel | Songs |
| Sound | Mick Jagger | Songs |
| Crew | Phil Adams | Stunts |
| Crew | Wayne King Sr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Sasha Jenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Carol Neilson Smrz | Stunts |
| Crew | Max Kleven | Stunts |
| Crew | Brad Bovee | Stunts |
| Crew | Ralph Garrett | Stunts |
| Crew | Diamond Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Crew | Carol Rees | Stunts |
| Crew | Brian Smrz | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike Watson | Stunts |
| Crew | Ray Bickel | Stunts |
| Crew | Kathleen O'Haco | Stunts |
| Crew | Vince Deadrick Sr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Danny Costa | Stunts |
| Crew | Richard Drown | Stunts |
| Crew | Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene Hartline | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Crew | John-Clay Scott | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Faith Minton | Stunts |
| Editing | Arthur Schmidt | Editor |
| Sound | Michel Colombier | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Charles Croughwell | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Sally Cruikshank | Animation Supervisor |
