Throw Momma from the Train(1987)
Owen asked his friend Larry for a small favor.
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.
Movie: Throw Momma from the Train
Top 10 Billed Cast
Owen / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift
Larry Donner
Beth Ryan
Mrs. Lift
Margaret
Lester
Joel
DeBenedetto
Mrs. Hazeltine
Herself
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Writer's Block Scene - Clip
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