
“Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!”
Ruthless People
6.6
451 votes·1986
·1h 34m
·MovieComedy
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget6.5x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
businessmanransomkidnappingfemale loverdark comedysanta monica, california
Cast
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