Based on A. E. Hotchner's Depression-era bildungsroman memoir, the film follows a kid battling to survive alone in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is admitted with tuberculosis. It's not clear when his father will return from his extensive trips as a traveling salesperson for Hamilton Watch Company.
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Based on A. E. Hotchner's Depression-era bildungsroman memoir, the film follows a kid battling to survive alone in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is admitted with tuberculosis. It's not clear when his father will return from his extensive trips as a traveling salesperson for Hamilton Watch Company.
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