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Throw Momma from the Train

Black comedy. A would-be writer concocts a scheme to dispose of his tyrannical mother in this spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.

Black comedy. A would-be writer concocts a scheme to dispose of his tyrannical mother in this spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. As in that classic thriller, the plot involves finding a partner with a similar problem - in this case a novelist in his writing class - and carrying out one another's murders to obscure their motives.

1 hour, 24 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 May 200700:00

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorDanny DeVito
LarryBilly Crystal
OwenDanny DeVito
BethKim Greist
OprahOprah Winfrey
JoelRob Reiner

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 May 200700:00