

King of the Hill(1993)
"When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top."
Overview
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.
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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

Amber Benson
Ella McShane

Kristin Griffith
Mrs. McShane

Chris Samples
Billy Thompson
Peggy Freisen
Mrs. Thompson

Katherine Heigl
Christina Sebastian

John Durbin
Mr. Sandoz

Lauryn Hill
Elevator Operator
Jesse Zeigler
Jealous Kid

Remak Ramsay
Principal Stellwater
Fred Cherrick
Woodbine Owner
Joseph Moynihan
Woodbine Waiter
Don Richard
Mr. Farley
Masaharu Takano
Mr. Yamo

Craig Hawksley
Golfer in Orange Pants
Aelred Rosser
Other Golfer
Jason Feiner
Marble Bully #1

Jared Joplin
Marble Bully #2

David Jensen
Front Desk Clerk
Harry Governick
Second Policeman
Sarah Mermelstein
Girl at Graduation
Kimberly Jenkins
Girl at Party

Gabriel Levinson
Boy with Apple

Ron Yerxa
Donald Miller

Ron Vawter
Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager

Christopher Meister
Boy in Street

Jake Deptula
Marble Bully #3
Richard Alan Nichols
Bar Owner

Matthew Terry
Stickball Player
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