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Throw Momma from the Train

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

1987★ 6.1 · 6621h 28mComedyCrimeThriller

Overview

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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Trailer · Throw Momma from the Train (1987) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

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Cast

Danny DeVito
as Owen Lift

Rob Reiner
as Joel

Kate Mulgrew
as Margaret Donner

Billy Crystal
as Larry Donner

Oprah Winfrey
as Oprah Winfrey

Anne Ramsey
as Mrs. Lift

Bruce Kirby
as Detective DeBenedetto

Olivia Brown
as Ms. Gladstone

Peter Brocco
as Old Man

Kim Greist
as Beth Ryan

Andre Rosey Brown
as Rosey

Randall Miller
as Bucky

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6.1/ 10

662 TMDB votes

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Release date: 1987-12-11

Budget: $14,000,000

Revenue: $57,915,972

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genres

ComedyCrimeThriller

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