Sling Blade
A simple man. A difficult choice.
7.5
900 votes
August 30, 1996
2h 15m
Drama
Overview
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
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Cast
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
Karl's Father
Rick Dial
Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe
Scooter HodgesC
Christine Renee Ward
MelindaS
Sarah Boss
Marsha DwigginsK
Kathy Sue Brown
Theresa EvansW
Wendell Rafferty
Melvin
Bruce Hampton
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