Known for Acting
Joseph Chrest is an American academic and actor. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows including 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Oldboy, Lee Daniels' The Butler, The Perfect Date, and as Ted Wheeler in Stranger Things.
Born
May 26, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
St. Albans, West Virginia, USA
Filmography
97 films, 21 shows


Beware the Box Folk
2026 · 1h 36m
While pursuing a deadly political scandal in the midst of a garbage strike, a muckraking journalist uncovers a strange community of people who have escaped society by wearing cardboard boxes and hiding amongst the trash.


One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
2026 · 2h 3m · US
An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.


Senior Prank
2025 · 1h 31m
When their senior prank goes wildly off the rails, four students scramble to fix the mess, dodge authority, and survive the most chaotic day of their high school lives.


Fly Me to the Moon
2024 · 2h 12m · US
Sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones, brought in to fix NASA's public image, wreaks havoc on Apollo 11 launch director Cole Davis' already difficult task of putting a man on the moon. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as backup, and the countdown truly begins.


Lisa Frankenstein
2024 · 1h 42m · US
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.


Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · 3h 26m · US
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.


Ganymede
2023 · 1h 37m · US
After a small-town wrestling star develops a crush on an openly gay classmate, he is stalked by a grotesque creature that invades his thoughts as he navigates his feelings and struggles to live up to his legacy-obsessed family.


Quiz Lady
2023 · 1h 40m · US
A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts. When Anne's beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.


The Cran
2022 · 1h 43m · US
After reconnecting with his unstable high-school ex, a failed comedian becomes complicit in an absurd revenge crusade that puts him in the crosshairs of a rural cult.


Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 · 2h 6m · US
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.


Turducken
2020 · 20m · US
When a passionless family man eats turducken for the first time, he becomes dangerously obsessed with putting objects into progressively larger objects.


The Lovebirds
2020 · 1h 27m · US
A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear their names takes them from one extreme – and hilarious - circumstance to the next, they must figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.


The Perfect Date
2019 · 1h 30m · US
No beau? No problem! To earn money for college, a high schooler creates a dating app that lets him act as a stand-in boyfriend.


The Dirt
2019 · 1h 48m · US
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.


The Front Runner
2018 · 1h 53m · US
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.


Assassination Nation
2018 · 1h 48m · CA
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.


LBJ
2017 · 1h 38m · US
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.


Gifted
2017 · 1h 41m · UK
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.


Cold Moon
2016 · 1h 32m · US
Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.


Killing Reagan
2016 · 1h 40m · US
Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling book, the film begins in the final months leading up to the 1980 presidential election, and explores the challenges Reagan faced to define himself as a leader. Meanwhile, an aimless and deranged Hinckley is unraveling, leading to the fateful day in March 1981 when these disparate figures collided.


Deepwater Horizon
2016 · 1h 47m · US
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.


Like Son
2016 · 1h 27m
A local Sheriff decides to right the wrongs in the small town prior to his demise, unbeknownst to him, the Deputy, his son is hot on his heels in pursuit and alerts the Attorney General, who happens to turn a blind eye to the Sheriff.


Free State of Jones
2016 · 2h 20m · US
In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history.


Showing Roots
2016 · 1h 40m
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.


I Saw the Light
2016 · 2h 3m · US
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.


The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · 2h 17m · DE
As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.


Ant-Man
2015 · 1h 57m · US
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.


Focus
2015 · 1h 45m · US
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.


Black or White
2015 · 2h 1m · US
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.


American Heist
2014 · 1h 34m · CA
Two brothers, both with troubled paths, find themselves in the middle of one last bank job.


22 Jump Street
2014 · 1h 52m · US
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.


King of Herrings
2014 · 1h 22m
An offbeat look at four Crescent City layabouts, who dream big in a 'small change' world of cards, women and endless cups of coffee. Their passionate blundering, like their rants, can be at once funny, poignant, ridiculous and heartbreaking. Ditch, their self appointed king, is an irascible son-of-a-bitch with a Napoleon complex, and his pals love him for it. Until one day he pushes the self-tenured Professor too far. A game of threats, posturing and sexual ploys lead them down a dark but comic road in this exploration of what it is to be a man today. Filmed in black and white, this richly textured character study could be the bastard child of Woody Allen and Tom Waits, brought to life by an ensemble of real-life character actors who have known each other and worked together for over twenty- five years.


Barefoot
2014 · 1h 30m · US
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.


Oldboy
2013 · 1h 44m · US
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.


Homefront
2013 · 1h 40m · US
Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan “Gator” Bodine, a local crime boss.


The Butler
2013 · 2h 12m · US
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency and discreteness in the 1950s that he becomes a butler in the White House itself. There, Cecil would serve numerous US Presidents over the decades as a passive witness of history with the American Civil Rights Movement gaining momentum even as his family has troubles of its own. As his wife, Gloria, struggles with alcoholism and his defiant eldest son, Louis, strives for a just world, Cecil must decide whether he should take action in his own way.


The Hot Flashes
2013 · 1h 39m · US
An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current high school girls’ state champs to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as the women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, become a national media sensation, and gain a new lease on life.


Now You See Me
2013 · 1h 56m · US
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.


G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 · 1h 50m · CA
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.


The Last Exorcism Part II
2013 · 1h 28m · US
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.


Playing for Keeps
2012 · 1h 46m · US
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.


Butter
2012 · 1h 31m · US
An adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their Iowa town's annual contest.


The Baytown Outlaws
2012 · 1h 38m · US
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.


The Campaign
2012 · 1h 25m · US
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.


Killing Them Softly
2012 · 1h 37m · US
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.


On the Road
2012 · 2h 22m · BR
Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou. Traveling cross-country, Sal and Dean venture out on a personal quest for freedom from the conformity and conservatism engulfing them in search of the unknown, themselves, and the pursuit of “it” -- the pure essence of experience.


The Lucky One
2012 · 1h 41m · US
A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.


Battleship
2012 · 2h 11m · JP
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.


Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2012 · 1h 23m · US
Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.


21 Jump Street
2012 · 1h 49m · US
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.


Texas Killing Fields
2011 · 1h 45m · US
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.


Seeking Justice
2011 · 1h 45m · US
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.


Love, Wedding, Marriage
2011 · 1h 30m · US
A happy newlywed marriage counselor's views on wedded bliss get thrown for a loop when she finds out her parents are getting divorced.


That's What I Am
2011 · 1h 41m · US
A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.


Mask Maker
2011 · 1h 30m · US
A lucky couple hits the jackpot when they purchase a 19th century plantation home for pennies on the dollar. Determined to get rich quick, they invite their friends up for the weekend to celebrate their good fortune. It’s quickly apparent that the plantation home’s former residents have not left and the unlucky youths suddenly find themselves running for their lives!


Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · 1h 56m · US
When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.


Drive Angry
2011 · 1h 44m · US
Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid capture, avenge his daughter's death, and save her baby before she's mercilessly sacrificed by the cult.


Hound Dogs
2011 · 42m · US
Drawing from Ron Shelton's own experiences as a baseball player, Hound Dogs is set in the world of minor league baseball. It centers on minor league team the Nashville Hound Dogs and its endlessly upbeat general manager (Tom Verica), a gambling addict trying to outrun his past, as they try to handle life’s ups and downs, both in and out of the locker room.


Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · 1h 50m · US
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.


Knucklehead
2010 · 1h 40m · US
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break when a 450 pound church handyman who has spent his entire life in an orphanage agrees to wrestle on behalf of his fellow orphans.


RED
2010 · 1h 51m · US
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.


Secretariat
2010 · 2h 3m · US
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.


I Love You Phillip Morris
2010 · 1h 38m · FR
Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force. That is until he has a severe car accident that leads him to the ultimate epiphany: he’s gay and he’s going to live life to the fullest – even if he has to break the law to do it. Taking on an extravagant lifestyle, Steven turns to cons and fraud to make ends meet and is eventually sent to the State Penitentiary where he meets the love of his life, a sensitive, soft-spoken man named Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts him to attempt (and often succeed at) one impossible con after another.


House of Bones
2010 · 1h 30m · US
Psychic Heather Burton and a team of TV ghost hunters travel to investigate a haunted house surrounded by rumors of paranormal activity.


Louis
2010 · 1h 30m · US
A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet.


The Blind Side
2009 · 2h 9m · US
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.


The Informant!
2009 · 1h 48m · US
A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.


Kink
2009 · 8m · US
Short from Wayne Pére


Front of the Class
2008 · 1h 35m · US
A boy with Tourette's syndrome overcomes criticism and discrimination to achieve his dream of becoming a teacher.


The Secret Life of Bees
2008 · 1h 54m · US
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.


Miracle at St. Anna
2008 · 2h 40m · IT
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.


Who Do You Love
2008 · 1h 32m
Who Do You Love is the life story of legendary record producer Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records in Chicago, IL, the label that helped popularize blues music during the 1950s and ’60s.


Ocean's Thirteen
2007 · 2h 2m · US
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.


The Skeleton Key
2005 · 1h 44m · DE
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.


Faith of My Fathers
2005 · 1h 30m · US
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich with military service.


The Aviator
2004 · 2h 50m · US
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.


3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004 · 1h 32m · US
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest days onward and also looking at the family he built along the way. Earnhardt's death in 2001 rocked the sport, but his seven championships and 76 wins made an impact on NASCAR forever.


Nikki and Nora
2004 · 35m
Nora Delaney and Nikki Beaumont are partners in the NOPD Special Crimes Unit in New Orleans police department. However, they are also more than partners - they are lovers.


Runaway Jury
2003 · 2h 7m · US
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.


The Ring
2002 · 1h 55m · US
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.


Full Frontal
2002 · 1h 52m · US
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.


Auggie Rose
2000 · 1h 49m
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of the dead man, the salesman embarks on a double life, keeping it secret from his live-in girlfriend.


Erin Brockovich
2000 · 2h 11m · US
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.


Hefner: Unauthorized
1999 · 1h 37m
The unauthorized biography of Hugh Hefner and the birth of the Playboy empire.


Lush
1999 · 1h 33m
Among the rich in New Orleans, it's the lush life for Lionel Exley, a golf hustler and heavy drinker. Released from an Arkansas jail, "Ex" returns to the Big Easy and starts a friendship with another heavy drinker, attorney Firman Carter. Often waking with no memory of how he got to bed, Ex becomes the object of affection of two wealthy sisters, Rachel and Ashley Van Dyke. Ex also keeps bumping into various local oddballs, pals of the eccentric Carter. When Carter goes missing and the police suspect Ex of foul play, it may be time for him to put down his glass and sort out reality from the haze.


Out of Sight
1998 · 2h 3m · US
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.


Dangerous Proposition
1998 · 1h 45m
A woman, believing that her husband is having an affair, gets a stranger to proposition him so she can record the encounter.
Solitude Point
Solitude Point
1998 · 1h 33m · JP
Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named Yukie (Mitsuko Baisho) who marries him despite her parents' objections.


Clockwatchers
1997 · 1h 36m · UK
Four female temps working for a credit company find their friendship threatened by the arrival of a new hire, who lands a permanent position one of the women was vying for.


Schizopolis
1997 · 1h 39m · US
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.


The Lottery
1996 · 1h 32m · US
Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early death and his father's insanity.


The Underneath
1995 · 1h 39m · US
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.


Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995 · 1h 40m
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.


Cries from the Heart
1994 · 2h · US
Michael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being molested at his school.


House of Secrets
1993 · 2h · US
Marion Ravinel is trapped in an abusive spousal relationship. She forms a plan with her husband's former lover to kill him. However, the outcome turns out to be more than she planned on as she begins to believe that her husband has come back from the dead to get her.


The Pelican Brief
1993 · 2h 21m · US
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.


King of the Hill
1993 · 1h 43m · US
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.