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Ruthless People(Movie, 1986)

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| 1h 33min | Genre: Comedy
Ruthless PeopleRating: 3.3/5 (with 164164 votes)
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 als... ()
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About Ruthless People

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

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 21 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK)
Status: Released
Release date US: 06/26/1986
Producer: Michael Peyser
Screenwriter: Dale Launer
Film Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Director of Photography: Jan de Bont
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Por Favor Matem Minha Mulher"
Budget: 11,000,000 USD
Revenue: 71,600,000 USD (= 651%)

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