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11/12/1987 Comedy, Crime, Thriller 1h 28m
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Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

Overview

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.

  1. Danny DeVito

    Director

  2. Stu Silver

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Danny DeVito

    Owen Lift

  2. Billy Crystal

    Larry Donner

  3. Kim Greist

    Beth Ryan

  4. Anne Ramsey

    Mrs. Lift

  5. Kate Mulgrew

    Margaret Donner

  6. Branford Marsalis

    Lester

  7. Rob Reiner

    Joel

  8. Bruce Kirby

    Detective DeBenedetto

  9. Joey DePinto

    Sergeant

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Reviews

A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2023-06-06
A little all over the place, granted, but I still felt entertained by 'Throw Momma from the Train'.

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 Ramsey's character annoyed me a lot, I can't lie. I'm actually flabbergasted to read that the performance got Ramsey an Oscar nomination - 1987 must've been a slow year for Best Supporting Actress. No hat...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$14,000,000.00

Revenue
$57,915,972.00

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