King of the Hill (1993)

Movie · Released · 103 min · ★ 6.8

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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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Cast

Jesse BradfordAaron KurlanderJeroen KrabbéMr. KurlanderLisa EichhornMrs. KurlanderKaren AllenMiss MatheySpalding GrayMr. MungoElizabeth McGovernLydia

Cameron BoydSullivanAdrien BrodyLesterJoe ChrestBenJohn McConnellPatrolman BurnsAmber BensonElla McShaneKristin GriffithMrs. McShaneChris SamplesBilly Thompson

Peggy FreisenMrs. ThompsonKatherine HeiglChristina Sebastian