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Ruthless People

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Slapstick comedy in which a cheated couple kidnap the wife of a crooked businessman, in the sadly mistaken belief that he will cough up $50,000 to get her back.

In fact he is delighted - he was contemplating having her killed anyway. He simply ignores the ransom demand, basking all too briefly in the delusion that he has seen the last of her. Show less

Contributors

Sam Stone:
Danny DeVito
Barbara Stone:
Bette Midler
Ken Kessler:
Judge Reinhold
Sandy Kessler:
Helen Slater
Carol Dodsworth:
Anita Morris
Earl Mott:
Bill Pullman
Chief Henry Benton:
William G Schilling
Lt Bender:
Art Evans
Lt Walters:
Clarence Felder
Bedroom Killer:
JE Freeman
Heavy Metal Kid:
Gary Riley
Loan Officer:
Phyllis Applegate
Director:
David Zucker
Director:
Jerry Zucker
Director:
Jim Abrahams
Author:
O Henry

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