
Ruthless People
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
June 26, 1986
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Cast (35)

Danny DeVito
Sam Stone

Bette Midler
Barbara Stone

Judge Reinhold
Ken Kessler

Helen Slater
Sandy Kessler

Anita Morris
Carol Dodsworth

Bill Pullman
Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling
Chief Henry Benton

Art Evans
Lt. Bender

Clarence Felder
Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman
Bedroom Killer

Gary Riley
Heavy Metal Kid

Frank Sivero
The Mugger

Phyllis Applegate
Loan Officer

Jeannine Bisignano
Hooker in Car

J.P. Bumstead
Technician

Jon Cutler
Stereo Store Customer

Susan Marie Snyder
Stereo Store Customer

Jim Doughan
Cop at Sam's House

Christopher J. Keene
Cop at Jail

Henry Noguchi
Coroner

Arnold F. Turner
Cop with Killer Picture

Bob Tzudiker
Sam's Attorney

Charles A. Vanegas
Arresting Cop

Louise Yaffe
Social Worker

Janet Rotblatt
Secretary to Chief of Police

Charlotte Zucker
Judge

Art Bonilla
Waiter

Rick DeReyes
Newscaster

Mie Hunt
Newscaster

Ron Tank
Newscaster

Susan Stadner
Aerobic Instructor

Beth R. Johnson
Aerobic Instructor

Twyla Littleton
Model

Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Elderly Woman

Phil Hartman
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Crew (62)
Directing

William S. Beasley
First Assistant Director

David Zucker
Director

Bruce Humphrey
Second Assistant Director

Jim Abrahams
Director

Jerry Zucker
Director
Writing

Dale Launer
Screenplay
Production

Ellen Chenoweth
Casting

Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer

Michael Peyser
Producer

Richard Wagner
Executive Producer

Jeffrey Chernov
Unit Production Manager

Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer
Sound

Billy Joel
Songs

Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mick Jagger
Songs

Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer

Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor

Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor

Larry Carow
Sound Editor

Louis L. Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor

Mike Dobie
Sound Editor

Chuck Neely
Sound Editor

Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Samuel C. Crutcher
Sound Editor
Art

Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration

Donald B. Woodruff
Art Direction

Sally Cruikshank
Opening Title Sequence
Camera

Jan de Bont
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Rosanna Norton
Costume Designer

Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor

Barbara Lorenz
Key Hair Stylist

Brad Wilder
Makeup Artist
Crew

Gene Hartline
Stunts

Faith Minton
Stunts

Vince Deadrick Sr.
Stunts

Charles Croughwell
Stunts

Phil Adams
Stunts

Pat Romano
Stunts

Max Kleven
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunts

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Stunts

Ben Scott
Stunts

Diamond Farnsworth
Stunts

Brad Bovee
Stunts

Danny Costa
Stunts

Richard Drown
Stunts

Kathleen O'Haco
Stunts

Carol Rees
Stunts

Ralph Garrett
Stunts

Wayne King Sr.
Stunts

Mike Watson
Stunts

Ray Bickel
Stunts

Walter Scott
Stunt Coordinator

Sasha Jenson
Stunts

John-Clay Scott
Stunts

Ted White
Stunts

Carol Neilson Smrz
Stunts

Gregory J. Barnett
Stunts

Brian Smrz
Stunts
Editing

Arthur Schmidt
Editor

Gib Jaffe
Editor