Throw Momma from the Train

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

Throw Momma from the Train — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Crime, Thriller
• Director
• Danny DeVito

Throw Momma from the Train — 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