King of the Hill
King of the Hill
Release: 1993-08-20
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 6.8
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Gramercy Pictures
Wildwood Enterprises
Bona Fide Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Chris Samples
as Billy Thompson
John Durbin
as Mr. Sandoz
Jesse Bradford
as Aaron Kurlander
Spalding Gray
as Mr. Mungo
John McConnell
as Patrolman Burns
Kristin Griffith
as Mrs. McShane
Christopher Meister
as Boy in Street
Joe Chrest
as Ben
Gabriel Levinson
as Boy with Apple
Ron Vawter
as Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager
Karen Allen
as Miss Mathey
Adrien Brody
as Lester
Ron Yerxa
as Donald Miller
Remak Ramsay
as Principal Stellwater
Jake Deptula
as Marble Bully #3
Matthew Terry
as Stickball Player
Lauryn Hill
as Elevator Operator
David Jensen
as Front Desk Clerk
Craig Hawksley
as Golfer in Orange Pants
Jared Joplin
as Marble Bully #2
Jeroen Krabbé
as Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn
as Mrs. Kurlander
Elizabeth McGovern
as Lydia
Katherine Heigl
as Christina Sebastian
Amber Benson
as Ella McShane
Crew
Aaron Glascock
Assistant Sound Editor
Albert Berger
Producer
Ron Yerxa
Producer
A. E. Hotchner
Novel
Gregory Jacobs
First Assistant Director
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Steven Soderbergh
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
Larry Blake
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
David Jensen
Grip
Gary Frutkoff
Production Design
Georgia Kacandes
Unit Production Manager
Cliff Martinez
Original Music Composer