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 Lift

Billy Crystal

Larry Donner

Kim Greist

Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey

Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew

Margaret Donner

Bruce Kirby

Detective DeBenedetto

Joey DePinto

Sergeant


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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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