Film

Throw Momma from the Train

1987 · 1h 28m · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

65%

Metacritic

56

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.

Danny DeVito

Owen Lift

Billy Crystal

Larry Donner

Kim Greist

Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey

Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew

Margaret Donner

Branford Marsalis

Lester

Rob Reiner

Joel

Bruce Kirby

Detective DeBenedetto

Joey DePinto

Sergeant

Annie Ross

Mrs. Hazeltine

Raye Birk

Pinsky

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Olivia Brown

Ms. Gladstone

Philip Perlman

Mr. Perlman

Stu Silver

Ramon

J. Alan Thomas

Millington

• Danny DeVitoDirector
• Stu SilverWriter
• Larry BreznerProducer
• Barry SonnenfeldDirector of Photography
• David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Michael JablowEditor

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

Release date

December 11, 1987

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$57,915,972

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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