King of the Hill

King of the Hill

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

6.8%

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1993-08-20

Drama, History

Runtime: 103 minutes

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.

Featured Crew

Barbara Maltby

Producer

Steven Soderbergh

Director