King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

19931h 43mDrama · History
directed by Steven Soderbergh

“When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.”

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6.8 / 10
169 votes
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7.3 / 10
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86 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
91%

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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.

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