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Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Movie"Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor."
Audience Score
62
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PG-13 1 hr 28 minDec 11th, 1987Comedy, Crime
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.
StarringDanny DeVitoBilly CrystalKim Greist
DirectorDanny DeVito

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 11th, 1987
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 8th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$14,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$57,915,972 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Orion Pictures
Movie Tags:
trainwriter's blockex-wifeoverbearing motheraspiring writermystery writercrime fiction writerdominant mothermurder swap