King of the Hill

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

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.

Drama History

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)