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King of the Hill

"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.

Top Cast

  • Jesse Bradford

    Jesse Bradford

    Aaron Kurlander

  • Jeroen Krabbé

    Jeroen Krabbé

    Mr. Kurlander

  • Lisa Eichhorn

    Lisa Eichhorn

    Mrs. Kurlander

  • Karen Allen

    Karen Allen

    Miss Mathey

  • Spalding Gray

    Spalding Gray

    Mr. Mungo

  • Elizabeth McGovern

    Elizabeth McGovern

    Lydia

  • Cameron Boyd

    Cameron Boyd

    Sullivan

  • Adrien Brody

    Adrien Brody

    Lester

  • Joe Chrest

    Joe Chrest

    Ben

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.

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