Throw Momma from the Train
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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

15
24/06/1988 (GB)
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
1h 28m

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

Overview

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

  • Danny DeVitoDirector
  • Stu SilverScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $14,000,000

  • Revenue

    $57,915,972

Keywords

  • writer's block
  • train
  • overbearing mother
  • ex-wife
  • aspiring writer
  • mystery writer
  • crime fiction writer
  • dominant mother
  • murder swap

Top Billed Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Larry Donner

Kim Greist

Kim Greist

Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey

Anne Ramsey

Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Margaret

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

Lester

Rob Reiner

Rob Reiner

Joel

Bruce Kirby

Bruce Kirby

DeBenedetto

Annie Ross

Annie Ross

Mrs. Hazeltine

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Herself

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