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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 · Directed by Danny DeVito · 88 min · Comedy · Crime · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
Crew
- Written by: Stu Silver
- Cinematography: Barry Sonnenfeld
- Edited by: Michael Jablow
- Music: David Newman
- Production design: Ida Random
- Produced by: Larry Brezner
Cast
- Danny DeVito as Owen Lift
- Billy Crystal as Larry Donner
- Kim Greist as Beth Ryan
- Anne Ramsey as Mrs. 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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Orion Pictures
- Budget: $14,000,000
- Box office: $57,915,972
- Themes: writer's block, train, overbearing mother, ex-wife, aspiring writer, mystery writer, crime fiction writer, dominant mother, murder swap
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