King of the Hill (1993)

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

Movie · Drama, History · 1h 43m · Rated 6.8/10 on TMDB · Released August 20, 1993

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.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Cast

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

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