King of the Hill (1993)

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Written by A.E. Hotchner, Steven Soderbergh

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Running Time: 100 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1993

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Drama set in Depression-era St Louis, in which a young boy is forced to become self-reliant after his family fragments. The lad is left to fend for himself in a hotel after his salesman father accepts a faraway job and his ailing mother is admitted to a sanatorium. The streetwise 12-year-old soon learns to live off his wits, conning money out of the other hotel guests. Based on the memoirs of A E Hotchner

Depression era movie. The protagonist is a little boy who's mother is forced into a sanitarium and who's father gets a traveling salesman job. The boy fends for himself in a seedy SRO hotel. The focus is on the boy's relationships with others and his struggle to survive.

When is King of the Hill next on TV?

In the UK... it's next showing on Sky Movies Drama January 19th, 2010, 4:15pm and on Sky Movies Drama HD January 19th, 2010, 4:15pm. See more...

Cast

Image for Jesse BradfordJesse BradfordAaron Kurlander
Jeroen KrabbéMr. Erich Kurlander
Lisa EichhornMrs. Kurlander
Karen AllenMiss Mathey Aaron's Teacher
Spalding GrayMr. Mungo in Room 310
Image for Elizabeth McGovernElizabeth McGovernLydia Prostitute
Cameron BoydSullivan Kurlander
Image for Adrien BrodyAdrien BrodyLester Silverstone
Joe ChrestBen Hotel Porter
John McConnellPatrolman 'Big Butt' Burns
Amber BensonElla McShane
Kristin GriffithMrs. McShane
Chris SamplesAaron's Rich Friend
Peggy FreisenMrs. Thompson
Image for Katherine HeiglKatherine HeiglChristina Sebastian

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