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Ruthless

A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.

Director

Edgar G. Ulmer

Year

Genre

drama, film-noir, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Arthur S. Lyons Productions,Eagle-Lion Films (US)

Awards

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Horace Woodruff Vendig

Vic Lambdin

Martha Burnside

Buck Mansfield

Sydney Greenstreet

Christa Mansfield

Susan Duane

Mrs. Burnside

Mr. Burnside

Pete Vendig

Kate Vendig

Bruce McDonald

Horace Vendig as Child

Robert J. Anderson

Vic Lambdin as Child

Martha Burnside as Child

Libby Sims

J. Norton Sims

Frederick Worlock

Bradford Duane

Bella

Claire Carleton

Lawyer Nevin

George

Phillips

Man in Office

Freddie Atwood

George McDonald

Prescott

Mrs. Vendig's Lover

Servant

Political Dinner Dais Attendee

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Mrs. Burnside Horace Vendig As Child Vic Lambdin

Good evening. - Ruthless

The handshaking must still be going on. - Ruthless

The handshaking must still be going on.

Help me. Help me! - Ruthless

Help me. Help me!

Is Horace alright, Mrs Vendig?
- Horace? - Ruthless

Is Horace alright, Mrs Vendig? - Horace?

Hello, I was just coming to see you. - Ruthless

Hello, I was just coming to see you.

Hello Miss Bella.
- Hello. - Ruthless

Hello Miss Bella. - Hello.

Better go home. - Ruthless

Better go home.

It's our last chance, Kate. - Ruthless

It's our last chance, Kate.

I don't want to be a man - Ruthless

I don't want to be a man

Mother said this was to be your home. - Ruthless

Mother said this was to be your home.

As the backs go tearing by. - Ruthless

As the backs go tearing by.

I was thinking of
transferring to Harvard. - Ruthless

I was thinking of transferring to Harvard.

Good luck to you, Horace. - Ruthless

Good luck to you, Horace.

Horace.
- Yes, sir? - Ruthless

Horace. - Yes, sir?

I wasn't asleep.
I could see your light was on. - Ruthless

I wasn't asleep. I could see your light was on.

I didn't love you then. - Ruthless

I didn't love you then.

You know Woody Vendig well, you say? - Ruthless

You know Woody Vendig well, you say?

Bad, eh? - Ruthless

Father likes you. Mother likes you. - Ruthless

Father likes you. Mother likes you.

Well, did it happen?
- It happened. - Ruthless

Well, did it happen? - It happened.

Goodnight.
- Can't I wait for you? - Ruthless

Goodnight. - Can't I wait for you?

Hello. - Ruthless

If you want to know. - Ruthless

If you want to know.

An Old-Fashioned and a Martini. - Ruthless

An Old-Fashioned and a Martini.

We will remember. - Ruthless

We will remember.

There must be some fun here somewhere. - Ruthless

There must be some fun here somewhere.

The wine of the country my friend - Ruthless

The wine of the country my friend

I'm so sorry, Bucky. - Ruthless

I'm so sorry, Bucky.

I suppose the obvious thing is for
me to say I can explain everything. - Ruthless

I suppose the obvious thing is for me to say I can explain e...

I imagine this is no
time for clever remarks. - Ruthless

I imagine this is no time for clever remarks.

Christa.
- Hmm? - Ruthless

Christa. - Hmm?

What's the matter? - Ruthless

What's the matter?

Don't hang over me.
I don't want to be touched. - Ruthless

Don't hang over me. I don't want to be touched.

Buck, can you hear me?
This is Ted Mallard. - Ruthless

Buck, can you hear me? This is Ted Mallard.

Wait. - Ruthless

Have the hounds dragged me down yet? - Ruthless

Have the hounds dragged me down yet?

Hello. - Ruthless

I had good reason to
break with you, Horace. - Ruthless

I had good reason to break with you, Horace.

Vendig .. you've gone very far.
You've been very clever. - Ruthless

Vendig .. you've gone very far. You've been very c...

Let's go. - Ruthless

And it's not a place where the weak inherit the earth - Ruthless

And it's not a place where the weak inherit the earth

Keep searching. - Ruthless

Keep searching.

He wasn't a man - Ruthless

He wasn't a man

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A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money-hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder.

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Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Writer: Dayton Stoddart, S.K. Lauren, Gordon Kahn

Production: Arthur S. Lyons Productions,Eagle-Lion Films (US)

Genre: drama, film-noir, romance

Year: 1948

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 27 Oct 1948

Awards: N/A

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