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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

PG-1312/11/1987Comedy, Crime, Thriller1h 28m
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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

  1. Cast 1

    Danny DeVito

    Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift

  2. Cast 1

    Billy Crystal

    Larry Donner

  3. Cast 1

    Kim Greist

    Beth Ryan

  4. Cast 1

    Anne Ramsey

    Mrs. Lift

  5. Cast 1

    Kate Mulgrew

    Margaret

  6. Cast 1

    Branford Marsalis

    Lester

  7. Cast 1

    Rob Reiner

    Joel

  8. Cast 1

    Bruce Kirby

    DeBenedetto

  9. Cast 1

    Annie Ross

    Mrs. Hazeltine

Though she doesn't really feature enough, Anne Ramsey does steal the show with her scenes as the mother whom henpecked son "Owen" (Danny DeVito) wants to chuck from the train! Meantime, stagnating author "Larry" is shouting as the television whilst his ex-wife "Margaret" (Kate Mulgrew) is doing the chat show circuit with a book he claimed to have written. He would cheerfully see her dead, and that's exactly what happens when his student "Owen" takes advantage of a scenario on a luxury yacht. Thing is, he owns up to "Larry" and demands - à la "Strangers on a Train" (1951) - a quid pro quo. "Lar...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$14,000,000.00

Revenue $57,915,972.00

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