Ruthless People
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Ruthless People is a 1986 dark comedy film about a botched kidnapping plot, starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, and Judge Reinhold.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruthless People canonical | 30 |
| 1986 film Ruthless People | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T483890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruthless People Context triple: [Bette Midler, notableWork, Ruthless People]
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A.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
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B.
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 New Hollywood crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino as a desperate bank robber in a story based on a real-life hostage situation.
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C.
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, featuring an all-child cast in a parody of 1920s mobster movies, in which Jodie Foster plays a prominent role.
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D.
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 dark comedy fantasy film known for its satirical take on vanity and immortality and its groundbreaking visual effects.
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E.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruthless People Target entity description: Ruthless People is a 1986 dark comedy film about a botched kidnapping plot, starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, and Judge Reinhold.
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A.
Stir Crazy
Stir Crazy is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Sidney Poitier, best known for starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder as two friends wrongly imprisoned after being framed for a bank robbery.
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B.
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 New Hollywood crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino as a desperate bank robber in a story based on a real-life hostage situation.
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C.
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster film, featuring an all-child cast in a parody of 1920s mobster movies, in which Jodie Foster plays a prominent role.
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D.
Death Becomes Her
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 dark comedy fantasy film known for its satirical take on vanity and immortality and its groundbreaking visual effects.
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E.
Fist Fight
Fist Fight is a 2017 American comedy film in which two high school teachers, played by Ice Cube and Charlie Day, are set to settle their differences in an after-school fistfight.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American film
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black comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by O. Henry "The Ransom of Red Chief" (loosely) ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jan de Bont ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director |
David Zucker
ⓘ
Jerry Zucker ⓘ Jim Abrahams ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Buena Vista Distribution
ⓘ
linked to:
Buena Vista Pictures
|
| distributor | Touchstone Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jane Kurson ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | fashion designer Barbara Stone ⓘ |
| featuresTheme |
greed
ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| genre | black comedy ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
crime comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasPosterTagline | Sam Stone's wife has just been kidnapped... And he doesn't want her back! ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Barbara Stone
ⓘ
Ken Kessler ⓘ Sam Stone ⓘ Sandy Kessler ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Michel Colombier ⓘ |
| notableFor | darkly comic take on kidnapping and greed ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Touchstone Pictures film catalog ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A man plans to murder his wealthy wife but her kidnapping by an inexperienced couple derails his scheme. ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Peyser ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Touchstone Films
ⓘ
linked to:
Touchstone Pictures
|
| releaseDate | 1986-06-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Dale Launer ⓘ |
| setIn | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starring |
Anita Morris
ⓘ
Bette Midler ⓘ Bill Pullman ⓘ Danny DeVito ⓘ Helen Slater ⓘ Judge Reinhold ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruthless People Description of subject: Ruthless People is a 1986 dark comedy film about a botched kidnapping plot, starring Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, and Judge Reinhold.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ruthless People