Throw Momma from the Train poster

Throw Momma from the Train

19871h 28mComedy · Crime · Thriller
directed by Danny DeVito

“Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.”

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6.2 / 10
658 votes
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6.3 / 10
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56 / 100
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65%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Danny DeVito·Owen Lift
Billy Crystal·Larry Donner
Kim Greist·Beth Ryan
Anne Ramsey·Mrs. Lift
Kate Mulgrew·Margaret Donner
Branford Marsalis·Lester
Rob Reiner·Joel
Bruce Kirby·Detective DeBenedetto
Joey DePinto·Sergeant
Annie Ross·Mrs. Hazeltine