Throw Momma from the Train

1987

PG-13

1h 28m

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6.2/10
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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.

Directors

Writers

Stu Silver(screenplay by)
Patricia Highsmith(original film writer by)
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Danny DeVito
Owen Lift
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Billy Crystal
Larry Donner
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Kim Greist
Beth Ryan
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Anne Ramsey
Mrs. Lift
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Kate Mulgrew
Margaret Donner
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Bruce Kirby
Detective DeBenedetto
Joey DePinto
Sergeant
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Annie Ross
Mrs. Hazeltine
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Raye Birk
Pinsky
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Olivia Brown
Ms. Gladstone
Philip Perlman
Mr. Perlman
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J. Alan Thomas
Millington

Directors

Writers

Stu Silver(screenplay by)
Patricia Highsmith(original film writer by)

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Details

Release date

December 11, 1987 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

Orion Pictures

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Box office

Budget

$14,000,000

Gross worldwide

$57,915,972

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