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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.
$14000000
$57915972
88 min
1987-12-11
Released
English
604
6.179
Owen Lift
Larry Donner
Beth Ryan
Mrs. Lift
Margaret Donner
Lester
Joel
Detective DeBenedetto
Sergeant
Mrs. Hazeltine
Pinsky
Herself
Ms. Gladstone
Mr. Perlman
Ramon
Millington
Bucky
Rosey
Mr. Lopez
Steward
Announcer
Old Man
Reporter
Laughing Woman
Cab Driver
Priest
Radio DJ (voice)
Jazz Band
Jazz Band
Hawaiian Band of Musicians & Dancers
Student (uncredited)
Literary Student (uncredited)
Young Teen Outside Laundromat (uncredited)
Student (uncredited)
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