Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

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.

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Cast

• Danny DeVito as Owen Lift
• Billy Crystal as Larry Donner
• Kim Greist as Beth Ryan
• Anne Ramsey as Mrs. Lift
• Kate Mulgrew as Margaret Donner
• Branford Marsalis as Lester
• Rob Reiner as Joel
• Bruce Kirby as Detective DeBenedetto
• Joey DePinto as Sergeant
• Annie Ross as Mrs. Hazeltine

If you liked Throw Momma from the Train, try

• The Girl on the Train
• Trap House
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Adaptation.
• Serial Mom
• The Killer
• Cleaner
• The Virtuoso