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King of the Hill

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.

Release DateAugust 20, 1993
StatusReleased
Original TitleKing of the Hill
Runtime1h 43min
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$1,214,231
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesGramercy PicturesWildwood EnterprisesBona Fide Productions