Throw Momma from the Train
“Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.”
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.
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Cast
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Danny DeVito
Owen Lift
Known for
Batman Returns
The Lorax
Julie Strassman-Cohn
assistant: Mr. Silver
Billy Crystal
Larry Donner
Known for
Monsters University
When Harry Met Sally...
Kim Greist
Beth Ryan
Known for
Manhunter
Brazil
Anne Ramsey
Mrs. Lift
Known for
The Goonies
Deadly Friend
Kate Mulgrew
Margaret Donner
Known for
Orange Is the New Black
Star Trek: Voyager
Branford Marsalis
Lester
Known for
Eve's Bayou
School Daze
Rob Reiner
Joel
Known for
The Wolf of Wall Street
Hollywood
Bruce Kirby
Detective DeBenedetto
Known for
Stand by Me
Columbo
Joey DePinto
Sergeant
Known for
Full Eclipse
Annie Ross
Mrs. Hazeltine
Known for
Superman III
Pump Up the Volume
Raye Birk
Pinsky
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Wonder Years
Danny DeVito Director · Stu Silver Writer David Newman Composer
Worldwide gross $58M · Budget $14M · United States release December 11, 1987
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$57,915,972
Gross vs. budget
4.1×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 11, 1987
Theatrical
Australia
December 26, 1987 · Theatrical
Austria
September 1, 1988 · Theatrical
France
June 22, 1988 · Theatrical
May 8, 2001 · Physical
Germany
September 15, 1988 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 11, 1990 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 9, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 24, 1988 · Theatrical
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