King of the Hill

Name: King of the Hill
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 20 Aug 1993
Rating: 6.85
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray

When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top. 1993-08-20 United States of America 103 minutes.

6.85 158 votes

Drama History hotel great depression canary based on memoir or autobiography tuberculosis traveling salesman marbles elevator operator bellboy lock child living alone st. louis against the odds epileptic seizure understanding children home alone

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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.

Year 1993

Studio Gramercy Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Bona Fide Productions

Director Steven Soderbergh

Crew Steven Soderbergh (Editor), Elliot Davis (Director of Photography), Steven Soderbergh (Director), A. E. Hotchner (Novel), Steven Soderbergh (Screenplay), Gregory Jacobs (First Assistant Director)

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Language English