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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.
Theatrical
Aug 20, 1993
Box Office
$1.2M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
0.2x
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Gramercy Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises, Bona Fide Productions
Cast
Full credits →J
Jesse Bradford
Aaron Kurlander
J
Jeroen Krabbé
Mr. Kurlander
L
Lisa Eichhorn
Mrs. Kurlander
K
Karen Allen
Miss Mathey
S
Spalding Gray
Mr. Mungo
E
Elizabeth McGovern
Lydia
C
Cameron Boyd
Sullivan
A
Adrien Brody
Lester
J
Joe Chrest
Ben
J
John McConnell
Patrolman Burns
A
Amber Benson
Ella McShane
K
Kristin Griffith
Mrs. McShane
P
Peggy Freisen
Mrs. Thompson
K
Katherine Heigl
Christina Sebastian
J
John Durbin
Mr. Sandoz
L
Lauryn Hill
Elevator Operator
J
Jesse Zeigler
Jealous Kid
R
Remak Ramsay
Principal Stellwater
J
Joseph Moynihan
Woodbine Waiter
C
Craig Hawksley
Golfer in Orange Pants
