King of the Hill

King of the Hill

1993 · Movie · 1h 43m · PG-13

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

Overview

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.

Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes
91%
Metacritic
86/100
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hotelgreat depressioncanarybased on memoir or autobiographybellhop  tuberculosistraveling salesmanmarbleselevator operatorlock childliving alonest. louis