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Throw Momma from the Train

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.

1987 |1h 28m |  Comedy, Crime

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Cast

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Danny DeVito

Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift

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Billy Crystal

Larry Donner

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Kim Greist

Beth Ryan

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Anne Ramsey

Mrs. Lift

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Kate Mulgrew

Margaret

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Branford Marsalis

Lester

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Rob Reiner

Joel

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Bruce Kirby

DeBenedetto

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Annie Ross

Mrs. Hazeltine

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Oprah Winfrey

Herself

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Raye Birk

Pinsky

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Olivia Brown

Ms. Gladstone

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J. Alan Thomas

Millington

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Larry McCormick

Announcer

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Peter Brocco

Old Man

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Hettie Lynne Hurtes

Reporter

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$14,000,000.00

Revenue

$57,915,972.00