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MOVIE

Throw Momma from the Train

Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.

★ 6.2 1987 88 min PG-13 ComedyCrimeThriller

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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Throw Momma from the Train in its release era

Released in 1987, Throw Momma from the Train sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1987-12-11
Rating
PG-13
TMDB score
6.2/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America
Studio
Orion Pictures
Topicswriter's blocktrainoverbearing motherex-wifeaspiring writermystery writercrime fiction writerdominant mother

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