King of the Hill

King of the Hill (1993)

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

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.

Date of release
1993-08-20
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (173)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Steven Soderbergh

Casting

  • Jesse Bradford — Aaron Kurlander
  • Jeroen Krabbé — Mr. Kurlander
  • Lisa Eichhorn — Mrs. Kurlander
  • Karen Allen — Miss Mathey
  • Spalding Gray — Mr. Mungo
  • Elizabeth McGovern — Lydia
  • Cameron Boyd — Sullivan
  • Adrien Brody — Lester
  • Joe Chrest — Ben
  • John McConnell — Patrolman Burns
  • Amber Benson — Ella McShane
  • Kristin Griffith — Mrs. McShane

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