sentences:  DeVito played Martini in the 1975 film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", reprising his role from the 1971 off-Broadway play of the same title.After his time on the "Taxi" series ended, DeVito devoted more effort to a growing successful film career, appearing as Vernon Dalhart in the 1983 hit "Terms of Endearment"; as the comic rogue Ralph in the romantic adventure "Romancing the Stone" (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner; and its sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile" (1985).In 1986, DeVito starred in "Ruthless People" with Bette Midler and Judge Reinhold, and in 1987 he made his feature-directing debut with the dark comedy "Throw Momma from the Train", in which he starred with Billy Crystal and Anne Ramsey.