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📅 1987 ⏱ 1h 28min PG-13 Released FHD / 4K

Throw Momma from the Train

"Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor."

ComedyCrimeThriller

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.

🎬 DirectorDanny DeVito

📅 Release1987-12-11

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioOrion Pictures

🗳 Votes662

🔥 Popularity3

💰 Budget$14,000,000

💵 Revenue$57,915,972

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🎭 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

Olivia Brown

Ms. Gladstone

Philip Perlman

Mr. Perlman

Stu Silver

Ramon

🎥 Crew

Producer Larry Brezner

Director Danny DeVito

Director of Photography Barry Sonnenfeld

Editor Michael Jablow

Original Music Composer David Newman

Production Design Ida Random

Art Direction William A. Elliott

Set Decoration Anne D. McCulley

Costume Design Marilyn Vance

Hairstylist Dorothy Byrne

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🏷 Keywords

writer's blocktrainoverbearing motherex-wifeaspiring writermystery writercrime fiction writerdominant mothermurder swap

💬 Reviews

r96sk ⭐ 7/10

A little all over the place, granted, but I still felt entertained by <em>'Throw Momma from the Train'</em>. Danny DeVito stars in what is his theatrical directorial debut. I chose to watch this because of him being in it, as I want to watch more of his stuff, and he is the film's strongest element, I'd say. Billy Crystal is good too, him and DeVito work nicely together throughout. Anne Rams…

CinemaSerf ⭐ 6/10

Though she doesn't really feature enough, Anne Ramsey does steal the show with her scenes as the mother whom henpecked son "Owen" (Danny DeVito) wants to chuck from the train! Meantime, stagnating author "Larry" is shouting as the television whilst his ex-wife "Margaret" (Kate Mulgrew) is doing the chat show circuit with a book he claimed to have written. He would cheerfully see her dead, and that…