King of the Hill

IMDb 6.8 1993 • 103 min • DramaHistory

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Country

US

Plot Summary

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