
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.
Release Date: 1987-12-11
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
★★★★★★★★★★ (581 votes)
Casts

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

Annie Ross
as Mrs. Hazeltine

Oprah Winfrey
as Herself