King of the Hill (1993)
When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
Starring Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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.
Runtime: 103 min.
Rating: 6.9
 
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: hotel,great depression,canary,based on memoir or autobiography,tuberculosis,marbles,elevator operator,bellboy,lock child,living alone,st. louis,against the odds,epileptic seizure,understanding
Cast
Aaron Kurlander
Mr. Kurlander
Mrs. Kurlander
Miss Mathey
Mr. Mungo
Lydia
Lester
Christina Sebastian
Ella
Elevator Operator
Front Desk Clerk
Woodbine Waiter
Sullivan
Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager (uncredited)