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Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor. - Throw Momma from the Train
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Title: Throw Momma from the Train

Release Date: 11 Dec 1987

Runtime: 1h 28m

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Orion Pictures

Production Companies: Orion Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 6.186 (569 votes)

Cast

  • Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift: Danny DeVito
  • Larry Donner: Billy Crystal
  • Beth Ryan: Kim Greist
  • Mrs. Lift: Anne Ramsey
  • Margaret: Kate Mulgrew
  • Lester: Branford Marsalis
  • Joel: Rob Reiner
  • DeBenedetto: Bruce Kirby
  • Mrs. Hazeltine: Annie Ross
  • Herself: Oprah Winfrey
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