Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
88 min
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.
- Release date
- December 11, 1987
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Box office
- $57,915,972
Trailer
Cast
- Danny DeVito as Owen Lift
- Billy Crystal as Larry Donner
- Kim Greist as Beth Ryan
- Anne Ramsey as Momma Lift
- Kate Mulgrew as Margaret Donner
- Branford Marsalis as Lester
- Rob Reiner as Joel
- Bruce Kirby as Detective DeBenedetto
- Joey DePinto as Sergeant
- Annie Ross as Mrs. Hazeltine
Crew
- Danny DeVito · Director
- Stu Silver · Writer
- Larry Brezner · Producer
- David Newman · Composer
- Barry Sonnenfeld · Cinematographer
- Michael Jablow · Editor
- Ida Random · Production designer