Story Line
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.”
Top Cast
Danny DeVito
Owen Lift
Billy Crystal
Larry Donner
Kim Greist
Beth Ryan
Anne Ramsey
Mrs. Lift
Kate Mulgrew
Margaret Donner
Branford Marsalis
Lester
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Rating
6.2/ 10
Release Date
1987-12-11
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
ComedyCrimeThriller
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User Reviews (2)
r96sk
7/10
•6/6/2023A little all over the place, granted, but I still felt entertained by <em>'Throw Momma from the Train'</em>.
Danny DeVito stars in what is his theatrical directorial debut. I chose to watch this because of him being in it, as I want to watch more ...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•1/17/2025Though she doesn't really feature enough, Anne Ramsey does steal the show with her scenes as the mother whom henpecked son "Owen" (Danny DeVito) wants to chuck from the train! Meantime, stagnating author "Larry" is shouting as the television whilst h...