King of the Hill

Aug 20, 1993

1h 43m

★ 6.8

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

Overview

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Gramercy Pictures

Wildwood Enterprises

Bona Fide Productions

King of the Hill Trailers

Cast

Aaron Kurlander

Jesse Bradford

Mr. Kurlander

Jeroen Krabbé

Mrs. Kurlander

Lisa Eichhorn

Miss Mathey

Karen Allen

Mr. Mungo

Spalding Gray

Lydia

Elizabeth McGovern

Sullivan

Cameron Boyd

Lester

Adrien Brody

Ben

Joe Chrest

Patrolman Burns

John McConnell

Ella McShane

Amber Benson

Mrs. McShane

Kristin Griffith

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