King of the Hill

King of the Hill

6.8 1993 | 103 min

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.

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

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$1,214,231

Released

August 20, 1993

Popularity

0.9

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Gramercy Pictures
Gramercy Pictures
Wildwood Enterprises
Wildwood Enterprises
Bona Fide Productions
Bona Fide Productions
COUNTRY & LANGUAGE

Production Countries:

United States of America

Spoken Languages:

English
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