Danny DeVitoOwen LiftSavaraTV movie
Throw Momma from the Train
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
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.
ComedyCrimeThriller
Starring
Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist
Directed by
Danny DeVito
About
Throw Momma from the Train
ComedyCrimeThriller
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.
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
Information
- Released
- Dec 11, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Status
- Released
Language & origin
- Original audio
- English
- Country
- US
- Rating
- PG-13
- Directed by
- Danny DeVito
Production
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
Cast
People in this story
Danny DeVitoOwen Lift
Billy CrystalLarry Donner
Kim GreistBeth Ryan
Anne RamseyMrs. Lift
Kate MulgrewMargaret Donner
Branford MarsalisLester
Rob ReinerJoel
Bruce KirbyDetective DeBenedetto
Annie RossMrs. Hazeltine
Raye BirkPinsky
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