6.2
19.447

Director

Patricia Highsmith

Writers

Bob Newlan

Cast

Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey, Kate Mulgrew, Branford Marsalis, Tom Holland,Jake Gyllenhaal,Zendaya

Plot

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.

Throw Momma from the Train 1987-12-11

Comedy Crime

BUDGET - $14,000,000.00

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.

CREW
Danny DeVito
Directing
Barry Sonnenfeld
Camera
Stu Silver
Writing
Larry Brezner
Production
Michael Jablow
Editing
David Newman
Sound