Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Throw Momma from the Train (1987) is a comedy film directed by Danny DeVito. Frustrated writer Larry Donner teaches an aspiring author named Owen Lift. Owen takes inspiration from a Hitchcock film and imagines that exchanging murders will solve both men’s personal problems.

Throw Momma from the Train cast and character roles

The Hitchcock idea behind Owen’s plan

Owen watches Strangers on a Train and interprets its murder-swapping premise as a solution for his relationship with his mother and Larry’s anger toward his ex-wife. Larry has not agreed to the arrangement Owen imagines. That misunderstanding drives the dark comedy. DeVito also directs, while Anne Ramsey plays the formidable mother whose presence gives the title its immediate meaning.

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• AFI official production record and story
• Principal cast roles

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