Ruthless People

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American film black comedy film film

Ruthless People is a 1986 dark comedy film about a botched kidnapping plot, starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, and Judge Reinhold.

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Label	Occurrences
Ruthless People canonical	25
1986 film Ruthless People	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ black comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ
basedOn	short story by O. Henry "The Ransom of Red Chief" (loosely) ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Jan de Bont ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	David Zucker ⓘ Jerry Zucker ⓘ Jim Abrahams ⓘ
distributedBy	Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ surface form: Buena Vista Distribution
distributor	Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jane Kurson ⓘ
featuresCharacter	fashion designer Barbara Stone ⓘ
featuresTheme	greed ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ revenge ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California
genre	black comedy ⓘ
hasGenre	crime comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasPosterTagline	Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back! ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Barbara Stone ⓘ Ken Kessler ⓘ Sam Stone ⓘ Sandy Kessler ⓘ
mpaaRating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Michel Colombier ⓘ
notableFor	darkly comic take on kidnapping and greed ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Touchstone Pictures film catalog ⓘ
plotSummary	A man plans to murder his wealthy wife but her kidnapping by an inexperienced couple derails his scheme. ⓘ
producer	Michael Peyser ⓘ
productionCompany	Touchstone Pictures ⓘ surface form: Touchstone Films
releaseDate	1986-06-27 ⓘ
releaseYear	1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	93 ⓘ
screenwriter	Dale Launer ⓘ
setIn	Los Angeles ⓘ
starring	Anita Morris ⓘ Bette Midler ⓘ Bill Pullman ⓘ Danny DeVito ⓘ Helen Slater ⓘ Judge Reinhold ⓘ

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Bette Midler → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Bill Pullman → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Danny DeVito → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Art Evans → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jerry Zucker → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jerry Zucker → directorOf → Ruthless People ⓘ

Dale Launer → wrote → Ruthless People ⓘ

Judge Reinhold → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jim Abrahams → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jim Abrahams → coWriterOf → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jim Abrahams → directorOf → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jim Abrahams → screenwriterOf → Ruthless People ⓘ

David Zucker → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

David Zucker → directed → Ruthless People ⓘ

Jan de Bont → cinematographyFor → Ruthless People ⓘ

Sam Stone → roleIn → Ruthless People ⓘ

Sam Stone → appearsIn → Ruthless People ⓘ

Sam Stone → createdFor → Ruthless People ⓘ

Barbara Stone → appearsIn → Ruthless People ⓘ

Anita Morris → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Michael Peyser → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

William James Pullman → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Helen Slater → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ

Ken Kessler → appearsIn → Ruthless People ⓘ

Ken Kessler → featuredIn → Ruthless People ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1986 film Ruthless People

William John Barty → notableWork → Ruthless People ⓘ