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King of the Hill (1993)

PG-13 ★ 6.8/10 103 min Drama, History United States English
Novel: A. E. Hotchner
Screenplay by: Steven Soderbergh
Streaming: Not available
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.

Description

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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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 Sullivan
Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody Lester

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