if you have a mother that describe you like that and you just might be look to bump her off yourself . it how danny devito feel about anne ramsey and it just how to put the plan in action . and his creative writing class taught by professor billy crystal give him the idea . that and a viewing of alfred hitchcock classic stranger on a train which give devito the idea to switch murder with crystal who hat his wife and kate mulgrew and who not only be cheat him out of an idea for a book he want to write and but be also carry on with hunky tony ciccone . throw momma from the train play out kind of like stranger on a train a devito seem to have carry out his end of the murder scheme . but crystal have a bit of a problem put ramsey down even with danny help . that woman might need kill and but she go to take a lot of it . the only academy recognition that throw momma from the train get be an academy award nomination for anne ramsey for best support actress . ramsey lose to olympia dukakis for moonstruck and but the film turn out to be her fine hour . ramsey already have the throat cancer that would eventually kill her the following year and but look at the list of credit she manage to amass even after throw momma from the train and she work right up to the end . i have see interview with both of the star of throw momma from the train and billy crystal and danny devito and and both have gladly concede that anne ramsey performance a the mother from hell both make the film the success it be and steal it out from under them . their acknowledgment of ramsey talent and performance be the best possible tribute . if marion lorne in stranger on a train have be anything like anne ramsey here and farley granger would gladly have join robert walker in dispose of her . throw momma from a train be one of the best black comedy out there and should not be miss .