
88 minutes
12/11/1987
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.

Danny DeVito
as Owen Lift

Billy Crystal
as Larry Donner

Kim Greist
as Beth Ryan

Anne Ramsey
as Mrs. Lift

Kate Mulgrew
as Margaret Donner

Branford Marsalis
as Lester

Rob Reiner
as Joel

Bruce Kirby
as Detective DeBenedetto
Joey DePinto
as Sergeant

Annie Ross
as Mrs. Hazeltine

Raye Birk
as Pinsky

Oprah Winfrey
as Herself

Olivia Brown
as Ms. Gladstone
Philip Perlman
as Mr. Perlman
Stu Silver
as Ramon

J. Alan Thomas
as Millington

Randall Miller
as Bucky

Andre Rosey Brown
as Rosey

Tony Ciccone
as Mr. Lopez
William Ray Watson
as Steward

Larry McCormick
as Announcer

Peter Brocco
as Old Man
Hettie Lynne Hurtes
as Reporter
Karen J. Westerfield
as Laughing Woman
Stanley L. Gonsales
as Cab Driver
Fred Gephart
as Priest
Don Burns
as Radio DJ (voice)
Ralph Penland
as Jazz Band
Tony Dumas
as Jazz Band
Ne Kaholokula
as Hawaiian Band of Musicians & Dancers
Jules Dean
as Student (uncredited)
Kelly Gallant
as Literary Student (uncredited)
Paul McMichael
as Young Teen Outside Laundromat (uncredited)
Anne Randa
as Student (uncredited)