Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

88 mins | Crime, Comedy | Dec. 11, 1987

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.

Throw Momma from the Train

88 mins | Crime, Comedy | Dec. 11, 1987

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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Orion Pictures
Original title Throw Momma from the Train
Directors Esther Vivante, Joe Napolitano, Danny DeVito
Writers Stu Silver

Cast

Danny DeVito

as Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift

Billy Crystal

as Larry Donner

Kim Greist

as Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey

as Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew

as Margaret

Branford Marsalis

as Lester

Rob Reiner

as Joel

Bruce Kirby

as DeBenedetto

Joey DePinto

as Sargeant

Annie Ross

as Mrs. Hazeltine

Raye Birk

as Pinsky

Oprah Winfrey

as Herself

Olivia Brown

as Ms. Gladstone

Philip Perlman

as Mr. Perlman

Stu Silver

as Ramon

J. Alan Thomas

as Millington

Randall Miller

as Bucky

Tony Ciccone

as Mr. Lopez

Larry McCormick

as Announcer

Peter Brocco

as Old Man

Hettie Lynne Hurtes

as Reporter