Ruthless People - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[oscar]

Bette Midler and Anita Morris played Barbara Whiteman in "Down and Out in Beverly Hills." Midler in the theatrical version in Morris in the TV series.

[oscar]

Debut produced screenplay of screenwriter Dale Launer.

[caroline]

The colorful, geometric furniture throughout the Stone residence is in a style that has come to be known as "Memphis". The design movement was popular in the 80s and also appears in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), although not as prominently. Memphis design has experienced a resurgence in the new millennium, and pieces of furniture like those used in the film sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

[toni]

Ruthless People's plot is similar to the British movie "Too Many Crooks" staring Terry Thomas.

[melinda]

One of two 1986 movies starring actress-comedian Bette Midler. The other film was Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986). Both were made by Touchstone Pictures. In both flicks, Midler's character was first named Barbara, Barbara Stone in this movie and Barbara Whiteman in the other film.

[violet]

The make and model of the classic red sports car that Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) drove is the American Excalibur Series IV red Roadster convertible. The model year is 1980.

[frances]

When Barbara turns on the TV the first time and sees a wrestling segment, the voice of "announcer 2" is Vince McMahon.

[morris]

The picture was markedly different in the style of comedy that the film's directors, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, had previously done with Airplane! (1980), Top Secret! (1984) and as writers, The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). Allmovie states the film was "a decidedly different effort from the team's trademark gag-a-minute movies".

[cassandra]

[24:40]Barbara Stone throws a coffee cup at Ken Kessler which hits him in the face. In Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Judge Reinhold threw hot coffee in a robber's face at the end of the movie.

[aaron]

There are some references to the Walt Disney world: Ken and Sandy Kessler are wearing duck masks (presumably Donald's nephews Huey and Dewey) as Barbara Stone says a few minutes later when they first uncover Barbara's face. When Sam Stone visits his lover Carol's house, he's singing "Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah" from Song of the South (1946). Ruthless People (1986) was released under Disney's Touchstone Pictures label, which was created so the studio could release more adult-oriented fare.

[riley]

One of a mid-late 1980s mini-cycle of movie comedies which starred Bette Midler that were all produced by the then new adult Walt Disney brand of Touchstone Pictures. The films include Big Business (1988), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987) and Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986).