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Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 11, 1987

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Comedy, Crime

User Score

62%

Original Title

Throw Momma from the Train

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Director

Danny DeVito

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$57,915,972

Description

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.