King of the Hill

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

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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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Creators

Steven Soderbergh

director

Steven Soderbergh

writer

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A. E. Hotchner

writer

Cast

Jesse Bradford actor Jeroen Krabbé actor Lisa Eichhorn actor Karen Allen actor

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Spalding Gray actor Elizabeth McGovern actor

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Cameron Boyd actor Adrien Brody actor Joe Chrest actor

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John McConnell actor Amber Benson actor Kristin Griffith actor

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Chris Samples actor

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Peggy Freisen actor Katherine Heigl actor

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John Durbin actor Lauryn Hill actor

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Jesse Zeigler actor

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Remak Ramsay actor

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Fred Cherrick actor