Ruthless People

A fashion tycoon plans to murder his wealthy wife for her fortune, but she is abducted by a couple seeking revenge, leading to a series of misunderstandings, investigations, and ultimately, revenge against the tycoon. Ruthless People is a 1986 American English-language Comedy Crime film starring Danny Devito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman and William Winckler. Touchstone Films in association with Silver Screen Partners II. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Peyser. Ruthless People is written by Dale Launer and O. Henry and it is directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. Buena Vista Distribution acquired the distribution rights for the film. Ruthless People was released on 27th June 1986 and takes a screen time of 94 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Ruthless People was made on a budget of $9 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $71 million. Cinematography was done by Jan de Bont and editing by Gib Jaffe and Arthur Schmidt. The music was composed by Michel Colombier.