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Ruthless People

Name: Ruthless People
Director: Jim Abrahams
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986-06-26
Duration: 94 min
Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris

1986 · 1h 34m · Comedy

If you want a genuinely clever 80s comedy with a killer premise and the kind of irreverent humor that doesn't get made anymore, watch this tonight—it's a sharp, darkly funny romp that earns its laughs through twisted character dynamics rather than cheap jokes.

Plot

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.

Director: Jim Abrahams

Cast: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris

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