Ruthless People
Ruthless People is a 1986 American black comedy film directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and written by Dale Launer. It stars Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Anita Morris, and Helen Slater, with Bill Pullman in a supporting role in his film debut. The film is the story of a couple who kidnap their ex-boss's wife to get revenge and extort money from him. They soon realize he does not want her back and was planning to kill her himself. Meanwhile, the boss's mistress plans a blackmail attempt on him, which also fails to go as planned.
Plot
Beverly Hills fashion tycoon Sam Stone despises his wife, Barbara, having married her for her family wealth, and plans to murder her so he can inherit her $15million fortune and retire with his mistress Carol. He returns home armed with chloroform but finds Barbara is missing and receives a call from her abductor, demanding $500,000 for her return and threatening to kill her if the police or media are involved. Hoping to get Barbara killed, Sam deliberately ignores the demands.
More details
| author | Dale Launer |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | David Zucker Jerry Zucker Jim Abrahams |
| editor | Arthur Schmidt |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | american lower class arrest beverly hills birthday present end fall fashion design follow hide kill married mask mexico mistress police chief police convoy santa monica pier surround wait want |
| musicBy | Michel Colombier |
| producer | Michael Peyser |
| productionCompany | Silver Screen Partners Touchstone Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Santa Monica |
| theme | black comedy crime comedy serial killer |