| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Danny DeVito |
Sam Stone
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| Bette Midler |
Barbara Stone
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| Judge Reinhold |
Ken Kessler
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| Helen Slater |
Sandy Kessler
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| Anita Morris |
Carol Dodsworth
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| Bill Pullman |
Earl Mott
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| William G. Schilling |
Chief Henry Benton
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| Art Evans |
Lt. Bender
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| Clarence Felder |
Lt. Walters
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| J.E. Freeman |
Bedroom Killer
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| Gary Riley |
Heavy Metal Kid
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| Phyllis Applegate |
Loan Officer
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| Jeannine Bisignano |
Hooker in Car
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| J.P. Bumstead |
Technician
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| Jon Cutler |
Stereo Store Customer
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Crime |
| Director |
Jerry Zucker; Jim Abrahams; David Zucker; James Abrahams |
| Producer |
Michael Peyser |
| Writer |
Dale Launer; O. Henry |
| Studio |
Disney / Buena Vista |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
90 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.7 |
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| Plot |
| A milestone comedy of the 1980s, Ruthless People delighted critics and audiences alike and set the tone of Hollywood comedies for years to come. Along with that other popular farce about wealthy Californians, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, this ingenious romp revived Bette Midler's career and launched Disney (by way of its subsidiary, Touchstone Pictures) into the lucrative production of R-rated comedies; it also ensured the star power of then-TV star Danny DeVito. Dale Launer became Hollywood's hot screenwriter du jour by cleverly reworking O. Henry's Ransom of Red Chief into a wicked tale of marital malice heightened by a bungled kidnapping. Midler is sublime as the victim of low-rent abductors ("I've been kidnapped by Kmart!"), and DeVito's the gleeful philanderer who refuses to pay ransom for his wife's unwanted return. With Anita Morris, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, and Bill Pullman among the plot-twisting schemers, the movie's so much fun that an eventual remake seems almost inevitable. --Jeff Shannon |
| Personal Details |
| My Rating |
8 |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
331 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Price |
$15.29 |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
IMDB
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| Edition Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| Barcode |
717951005106 |
| Chapters |
12 |
| Release Date |
8/3/2004 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned |
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