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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Jesse Bradford as Aaron Kurlander
Jeroen Krabbé as Mr. Kurlander
Lisa Eichhorn as Mrs. Kurlander
Karen Allen as Miss Mathey
Spalding Gray as Mr. Mungo
Elizabeth McGovern as Lydia
Cameron Boyd as Sullivan
Adrien Brody as Lester
Joe Chrest as Ben
John McConnell as Patrolman Burns
Amber Benson as Ella McShane
Kristin Griffith as Mrs. McShane
Chris Samples as Billy Thompson
Peggy Freisen as Mrs. Thompson
Katherine Heigl as Christina Sebastian
John Durbin as Mr. Sandoz
Lauryn Hill as Elevator Operator
Jesse Zeigler as Jealous Kid
Remak Ramsay as Principal Stellwater
Fred Cherrick as Woodbine Owner
Joseph Moynihan as Woodbine Waiter
Don Richard as Mr. Farley
Masaharu Takano as Mr. Yamo
Craig Hawksley as Golfer in Orange Pants
Aelred Rosser as Other Golfer
Jason Feiner as Marble Bully #1
Jared Joplin as Marble Bully #2
David Jensen as Front Desk Clerk
Harry Governick as Second Policeman
Sarah Mermelstein as Girl at Graduation
Kimberly Jenkins as Girl at Party
Gabriel Levinson as Boy with Apple
Ron Yerxa as Donald Miller
Ron Vawter as Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager
Christopher Meister as Boy in Street
Jake Deptula as Marble Bully #3
Richard Alan Nichols as Bar Owner
Matthew Terry as Stickball Player
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