King of the Hill 1993

Synopsis

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 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

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