King of the Hill
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 Billed Cast
Jesse Bradford
Aaron Kurlander
Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn
Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen
Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray
Mr. Mungo
Featured Crew
Steven Soderbergh
Editor
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Steven Soderbergh
Director
A. E. Hotchner
Novel
Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay
Gregory Jacobs
First Assistant Director
Allen Kupetsky
Second Assistant Director
Lynn K. D'Angona
Second Second Assistant Director
Larry Blake
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Glascock
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeaneen Muckerman
Assistant Hairstylist
Georgia Kacandes
Unit Production Manager
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