Ruthless People
“Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!”
6.6
Rating
(426 votes)
1h 33m
Runtime
1986
Released
1
Popularity
Genres
Overview
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
Ruthless People
Release Date
1986-06-26
Languages
English
Budget
USD 11,000,000
Revenue
USD 71,600,000
Profit
USD 60,600,000
Directors
Writers
Dale LaunerScreenplay
