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 / Ned 'Little Ned' Lift
Billy Crystal
as Larry Donner
Kim Greist
as Beth Ryan
Anne Ramsey
as Mrs. Lift
Kate Mulgrew
as Margaret
Branford Marsalis
as Lester
Rob Reiner
as Joel
Bruce Kirby
as DeBenedetto
Annie Ross
as Mrs. Hazeltine
Oprah Winfrey
as Herself
Raye Birk
as Pinsky
Olivia Brown
as Ms. Gladstone
