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Throw Momma from the Train
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Throw Momma from the Train
Cast
Danny DeVitoOwen Lift
Billy CrystalLarry Donner
Kim GreistBeth Ryan
Anne RamseyMrs. Lift
Kate MulgrewMargaret Donner
Branford MarsalisLester
Rob ReinerJoel
Bruce KirbyDetective DeBenedettoCredits
- Directed by
- Danny DeVito
- Written by
- Stu Silver
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $57.9M
Production
Orion PicturesUnited States
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