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Cast & Crew

Danny DeVito
As Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift
Danny DeVito
Director
Randall Miller
As Bucky
Randall Miller
Director
Billy Crystal
As Larry Donner
Rob Reiner
As Joel
Peter Brocco
As Old Man

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Throw Momma from the Train is a dark comedy film about two men, Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) and Larry Donner (Billy Crystal), who are fed up with their respective mothers and conspire to kill each other's mother. Owen is a timid man who lives with his overbearing and abusive mother, while Larry is a struggling novelist whose ex-wife took credit for his work and left him. The two men meet in a creative writing class taught by Larry, and Owen becomes inspired by the Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train, which they discuss in class. They hatch a plan to "exchange" murders, with Owen killing Larry's ex-wife and Larry killing Owen's mother. However, things do not go as planned, and the film takes unexpected turns as the characters navigate their complicated relationships with their mothers and each other. The cast includes Anne Ramsey as Mrs. Lift, Kim Greist as Beth Ryan, Kate Mulgrew as Margaret Donner, Branford Marsalis as Lester, Rob Reiner as Joel, Larry's Agent, Bruce Kirby as Detective DeBenedetto, Joey Depinto as Sergeant, Annie Ross as Mrs. Hazeltine, Raye Birk as Pinsky, Olivia Brown as Ms. Gladstone, Farley Granger and Robert Walker appearing via archive footage from Strangers on a Train ,and Oprah Winfrey appearing as herself in a fictional episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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