Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

12/11/1987 (US) • 1h 28m

Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Danny DeVito

Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift

Billy Crystal

Larry Donner

Kim Greist

Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey

Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew

Margaret

Bruce Kirby

DeBenedetto

Annie Ross

Mrs. Hazeltine


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

$57,915,972.00

Keywords

writer's block

train

overbearing mother

ex-wife

aspiring writer

mystery writer

crime fiction writer

dominant mother

murder swap

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