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Throw Momma from the Train

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

  • Movie
  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • 1h 28m

Directed by Danny DeVito

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 699 votes

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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.

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Play trailer: Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

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Cast and crew

  • Danny DeVito

    Danny DeVitoOwen Lift

  • Billy Crystal

    Billy CrystalLarry Donner

  • Kim Greist

    Kim GreistBeth Ryan

  • Anne Ramsey

    Anne RamseyMrs. Lift

  • Kate Mulgrew

    Kate MulgrewMargaret Donner

  • Branford Marsalis

    Branford MarsalisLester

  • Rob Reiner

    Rob ReinerJoel

  • Bruce Kirby

    Bruce KirbyDetective DeBenedetto

  • Joey DePintoSergeant

  • Annie Ross

    Annie RossMrs. Hazeltine

  • Raye Birk

    Raye BirkPinsky

  • Oprah Winfrey

    Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey

  • Olivia Brown

    Olivia BrownMs. Gladstone

  • Philip PerlmanMr. Perlman

  • Stu SilverRamon

  • J. Alan Thomas

    J. Alan ThomasMillington

  • Randall Miller

    Randall MillerBucky

  • Andre Rosey Brown

    Andre Rosey BrownRosey

Director
Danny DeVito
Writer
Stu Silver
Music
David Newman
Cinematography
Barry Sonnenfeld