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title: 'Ruthless People (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jerry Zucker'
released: '1986-06-27'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ruthless-people-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091877/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ruthless People (1986)

1986 · 91 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jerry Zucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-zucker), [Jim Abrahams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-abrahams), [David Zucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-zucker)
- **Screenplay:** [Dale Launer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dale-launer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Colombier](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-colombier)
- **Producer:** [Michael Peyser](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-peyser)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan de Bont](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-de-bont)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-schmidt)

## Cast

- [Susan Marie Snyder](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-marie-snyder)
- [Judge Reinhold](https://cinepixo.com/people/judge-reinhold)
- [Bill Pullman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-pullman)
- [William G. Schilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-g-schilling)
- [Gary Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-riley)
- [Bette Midler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-midler)
- [Clarence Felder](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-felder)
- [J. E. Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-e-freeman)
- [Anita Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-morris)
- [Art Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-evans)
- [Helen Slater](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-slater)
- [Danny DeVito](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-devito)

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