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Ruthless People

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Calorie Rating: 131
Released: 1986-06-26
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Budget: 11000000
Revenue 71600000
Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II,


A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.

Director / Directors


William S. Beasley
First Assistant Director
Bruce Humphrey
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Danny DeVito
Character: Sam Stone
Bette Midler
Character: Barbara Stone
Judge Reinhold
Character: Ken Kessler

Helen Slater
Character: Sandy Kessler
Anita Morris
Character: Carol Dodsworth
Bill Pullman
Character: Earl James Mott

William G. Schilling
Character: Chief Henry Benton
Art Evans
Character: Lt. Bender
Clarence Felder
Character: Lt. Walters

J.E. Freeman
Character: Bedroom Killer
Gary Riley
Character: Heavy Metal Kid
Frank Sivero
Character: The Mugger

Phyllis Applegate
Character: Loan Officer
Jeannine Bisignano
Character: Hooker in Car
J.P. Bumstead
Character: Technician

Jon Cutler
Character: Stereo Store Customer
Susan Marie Snyder
Character: Stereo Store Customer
Jim Doughan
Character: Cop at Sam's House

Christopher J. Keene
Character: Cop at Jail
Henry Noguchi
Character: Coroner
Arnold F. Turner
Character: Cop with Killer Picture

Bob Tzudiker
Character: Sam's Attorney
Charles A. Vanegas
Character: Arresting Cop
Louise Yaffe
Character: Social Worker

Janet Rotblatt
Character: Secretary to Chief of Police
Charlotte Zucker
Character: Judge
Art Bonilla
Character: Waiter

Rick DeReyes
Character: Newscaster
Mie Hunt
Character: Newscaster
Ron Tank
Character: Newscaster

Susan Stadner
Character: Aerobic Instructor
Beth R. Johnson
Character: Aerobic Instructor
Richard Wilson
Character: Aerobic Instructor

Twyla Littleton
Character: Model
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Character: Elderly Woman
Phil Hartman
Character: Newsreader (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Dale Launer
Screenplay
Joanna Lancaster
Executive Producer
Walter Yetnikoff
Executive Producer

Jan de Bont
Director of Photography


Rosanna Norton
Costume Designer
Jeffrey Chernov
Unit Production Manager
Donald B. Woodruff
Art Direction

Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor
Anne D. McCulley
Set Decoration
Charles L. Campbell
Supervising Sound Editor

Louis L. Edemann
Supervising Sound Editor
Larry Carow
Sound Editor

Mike Dobie
Sound Editor
Chuck Neely
Sound Editor
Brad Wilder
Makeup Artist

Barbara Lorenz
Key Hair Stylist
Eric H. Sandberg
Costume Supervisor
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Rick Kline
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Wagner
Executive Producer

Walter Scott
Stunt Coordinator

Sally Cruikshank
Opening Title Sequence