Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. In order to keep their home, Kit and her mother must take in boarders - paying house - guests who turn out to be full of fascinating stories. When mother's lockbox containing all their money is stolen, Kit's new hobo friend Will is the prime suspect. Kit refuses to believe that Will would steal, and her efforts to sniff out the real story get her and friends into big trouble. The police say the robbery was an inside job, committed by someone they know. So if it wasn't Will, then who did it.
Directed byPatricia Rozema
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- July 2, 2008
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Revenue
- $17,700,000
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Abigail Breslin
Kit Kittredge
Chris O'Donnell
Mr. Kittredge
Julia Ormond
Mrs. Kittredge
Stanley Tucci
Mr. Jefferson Jasper Rene Berk
Max Thieriot
Will Shephard
Joan Cusack
Miss Lucinda Bond
Glenne Headly
Mrs. Howard
Jane Krakowski
Miss May Dooley
Wallace Shawn
Mr. Gibson
Madison Davenport
Ruthie Smithens
- Directed by
- Patricia Rozema
- Written by
- Ann Peacock
- Produced by
- Lisa Roberts Gillan
Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
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