Throw Momma from the Train
11/12/1987
1h 28m
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.
Cast
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
Randall Miller
Bucky
Andre Rosey Brown
Rosey
Tony Ciccone
Mr. Lopez
William Ray Watson
Steward
Larry McCormick
Announcer
Peter Brocco
Old Man
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
Reporter
Karen J. Westerfield
Laughing Woman
Stanley L. Gonsales
Cab Driver
Fred Gephart
Priest
Don Burns
Radio DJ (voice)
Ralph Penland
Jazz Band
Tony Dumas
Jazz Band
Ne Kaholokula
Hawaiian Band of Musicians & Dancers
Jules Dean
Student (uncredited)
Kelly Gallant
Literary Student (uncredited)
Anne Randa
Student (uncredited)
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