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

Billy Crystal

Kim Greist

Anne Ramsey

Kate Mulgrew

Margaret Donner

Branford Marsalis

Rob Reiner

Bruce Kirby

Detective DeBenedetto

Annie Ross

Raye Birk

Oprah Winfrey

Olivia Brown

J. Alan Thomas

Randall Miller

Andre Rosey Brown

Tony Ciccone

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