Ruthless People(1986)
Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
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.
Movie: Ruthless People
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sam Stone
Barbara Stone
Ken Kessler
Sandy Kessler
Carol Dodsworth
Earl James Mott
Chief Henry Benton
Lt. Bender
Lt. Walters
Bedroom Killer
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