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Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back!

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.

1h 34m1986RTMDb 6.6

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
26 June 1986
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
R
TMDB score
6.6 / 10 (470 votes)

Production

Writers
Dale Launer
Studios
Touchstone Pictures, Silver Screen Partners II
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$11.0M
Revenue
$71.6M
Profit
$60.6M
Return
6.5×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English