Throw Momma from the Train

Dec 11, 1987

1h 28m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Throw Momma from the Train Trailers

Cast

Owen Lift

Danny DeVito

Larry Donner

Billy Crystal

Beth Ryan

Kim Greist

Mrs. Lift

Anne Ramsey

Margaret Donner

Kate Mulgrew

Lester

Branford Marsalis

Joel

Rob Reiner

Detective DeBenedetto

Bruce Kirby

Sergeant

Joey DePinto

Mrs. Hazeltine

Annie Ross

Pinsky

Raye Birk

Oprah Winfrey

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