Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
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.
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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
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