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Barbara Stone has just been kidnapped by K-Mart, and what she doesn't know won't hurt her!
"Oh no! -I've been abducted by Huey and Duey..."
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Film facts for the 1986 Comedy movie starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater
Art Evans, William G. Schilling, Bill Pullman, Anita Morris, Clarence Felder, J.E. Freeman Update Cast
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Thanks to Steph
The guy who plays Sam's mistress's dumb boyfriend Earl Mott is Bill Pullman who was also in Spaceballs (1987) as Lone Starr.Rewind Archive
Judge Reinhold's character, Ken Kessler, works in a Hi-Fi store. In real life Ken Kessler is the name of a famous veteran Hi-Fi journalist.Rewind Archive
Near the end of the credits is the line "I Love Wrong Numbers", referring to a scene earlier in the movie where Sam Stone gets a wrong number on the phone and plays a vulgar prank to it.Rewind Archive
According to the screenwriter, Dale Launer, he got the idea for Ruthless People from the Patty Hearst kidnapping of the 1970's.Thanks to Chester Prudhomme
In the credits, also look for "best infielder" - Felix Mantilla. Mantilla was one of the earliest black players in the major leagues with an 11 year career as an infielder. He scored the winning (and only) run in a Braves - Pirates game in 1959 in one of the oddest plays in major league history involving him, Hank Aaron and Joe Adcock.Bogus Trivia
There's often fake stuff floating round, y'know? -Like the 'ghost boy' that can allegedly be seen in "Three Men And A Baby".
But, nothing bogus that we know yet for "Ruthless People".
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