Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 06/27/1986(USA)
Release Date: 04/02/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 90 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

The last film to be co-directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker, Ruthless People stars Bette Midler (capitalizing on her comeback performance in Down and Out in Beverly Hills) as Barbara, a spoiled rich woman who is kidnapped by the kindly Ken and Sandy Kessler (Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater). Barbara's forceful husband Sam (Danny DeVito) has ripped off the Kesslers and they decide to hold Barbara for ransom. Sam, who hates his wife, refuses to pay. Eventually Barbara befriends the Kesslers and together they figure out how to exact revenge upon the obnoxious Sam. Bill Pullman makes his film debut here as a very dim, would-be criminal.

~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Danny DeVito - Sam Stone
Bette Midler - Barbara Stone
Judge Reinhold - Ken Kessler
Helen Slater - Sandy Kessler
Anita Morris - Carol
Bill Pullman - Earl Mott
William G. Schilling - Police Commissioner
Art Evans - Lt. Bender
Clarence Felder - Lt. Walters
J.E. Freeman - Bedroom Killer

Production:
Jim Abrahams Jerry Zucker David Zucker - Director
Michael Peyser Frederick Zollo Richard Wagner - Producer
Michel Colombier - Composer
Gib Jaffe Arthur Schmidt - Editor
Dale Launer David Zucker - Screen Writer
Jim Teegarden - Set Designer
Sally Cruickshank - Animator
Don Woodruff - Art Director
Jan de Bont - Cinematographer
Rosanna Norton - Costume Designer
Lilly Kilvert - Production Designer
Ellen Chenoweth - Casting

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