Best on Prime Video: Ruthless People Watch Guide

Ruthless People (1986) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Danny DeVito as Sam Stone; Bette Midler as Barbara Stone; Judge Reinhold as Ken Kessler; Helen Slater as Sandy Kessler; Anita Morris as Carol Dodsworth; Bill Pullman as Earl James Mott; William G. Schilling as Chief Henry Benton; Art Evans as Lt. Bender

About Ruthless People

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.

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