Name: Throw Momma from the Train
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1987
Cast: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey, Kate Mulgrew

Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Comedy Crime

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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Actors

Danny DeVito [Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift]5
Billy Crystal [Larry Donner]2
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Kim Greist [Beth Ryan]3
Anne Ramsey [Mrs. Lift]2
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Kate Mulgrew [Margaret]2
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Branford Marsalis [Lester]1
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Rob Reiner [Joel]1
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Bruce Kirby [DeBenedetto]2
- Stand by Me (1986)
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Joey DePinto [Sargeant]2
- Batman Returns (1992)
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Annie Ross [Mrs. Hazeltine]2
- Superman III (1983)
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Raye Birk [Pinsky]1
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Oprah Winfrey [Herself]1
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Olivia Brown [Ms. Gladstone]2
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Philip Perlman [Mr. Perlman]1
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Stu Silver [Ramon]1
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J. Alan Thomas [Millington]1
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Randall Miller [Bucky]1
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Andre Rosey Brown [Rosey]4
Tony Ciccone [Mr. Lopez]1
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Larry McCormick [Announcer]4
William Ray Watson [Steward]1
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Peter Brocco [Old Man]1
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Hettie Lynne Hurtes [Reporter]2
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Stanley L. Gonsales [Cab Driver]1
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Fred Gephart [Priest]1
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Don Burns [Radio DJ (voice)]1
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Ralph Penland [Jazz Band]1
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Tony Dumas [Jazz Band]1
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Ne Kaholokula [Hawaiian Band of Musicians & Dancers]1
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Jules Dean [Student (uncredited)]2
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Kelly Gallant [Literary Student (uncredited)]1
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Anne Randa [Student (uncredited)]1
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Directors

Danny DeVito [Director]1
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Joe Napolitano [First Assistant Director]3

Producer

Larry Brezner [Producer]2
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Writers

Stu Silver [Screenplay]1
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Patricia Highsmith [Original Film Writer]2
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Stu Silver [Writer]1
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Editors

Scott A. Hecker [Sound Editor]10
David B. Cohn [ADR Editor]7
Michael Jablow [Editor]1
- Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Bob Newlan [Sound Editor]5
Robert R. Rutledge [Supervising Sound Editor]4
Jerry Stanford [Sound Editor]3
Robert Waxman [Sound Editor]1
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Director of Photography

Barry Sonnenfeld [Director of Photography]2
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Composer

David Newman [Original Music Composer]7

Stunts

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Peter Brocco [Cast: Old Man]1
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Raye Birk [Cast: Pinsky]2
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Dana Dru Evenson [Stunts]1
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Vince Deadrick Sr. [Stunt Coordinator]1
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Marvel Connections

Larry McCormick [Cast: Announcer]1
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John Frazier [Special Effects Coordinator]3
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M. Todd Henry [Camera Operator]1
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Marguerite Happy [Stunts]1
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