RUTHLESS PEOPLE
1986,
Buena Vista Pictures,
93 min,
USA,
Dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Kidnappers Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater think they've found their ticket to the good life when they snatch Bette Midler, the wife of a wealthy businessman (Danny DeVito). The problem is that the woman's husband was already planning to murder her and is thrilled to have her out of the way. This is only the first of an endless series of clever - and hilariously nasty - twists and turns in this brilliant farce from the creators of AIRPLANE! and TOP SECRET.