Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

6.2/10 88 min Comedy Crime Thriller

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.

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

Annie Ross

Mrs. Hazeltine

Raye Birk

Pinsky

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Olivia Brown

Ms. Gladstone

J. Alan Thomas

Millington

Randall Miller

Bucky

Andre Rosey Brown

Rosey

Tony Ciccone

Mr. Lopez

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