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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.
Theatrical
Jun 26, 1986
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 2, 2002
Box Office
$71.6M
Budget
$11.0M
Return
6.5x
Directors
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
Cast
Full credits →D
Danny DeVito
Sam Stone
B
Bette Midler
Barbara Stone
J
Judge Reinhold
Ken Kessler
H
Helen Slater
Sandy Kessler
A
Anita Morris
Carol Dodsworth
B
Bill Pullman
Earl James Mott
W
William G. Schilling
Chief Henry Benton
A
Art Evans
Lt. Bender
C
Clarence Felder
Lt. Walters
J
J.E. Freeman
Bedroom Killer
G
Gary Riley
Heavy Metal Kid
F
Frank Sivero
The Mugger
P
Phyllis Applegate
Loan Officer
J
Jeannine Bisignano
Hooker in Car
J
J.P. Bumstead
Technician
J
Jon Cutler
Stereo Store Customer
S
Susan Marie Snyder
Stereo Store Customer
J
Jim Doughan
Cop at Sam's House
C
Christopher J. Keene
Cop at Jail
A
Arnold F. Turner
Cop with Killer Picture
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See all →Indifference to a wife's kidnapping
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Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!
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Unexpected Consequences of Ruthlessness
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A tale of two kidnappers who wanted to be merciless but turned out to be hopeless.
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