
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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