Sling Blade (1996)

Name: Sling Blade
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-08-30
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black

A simple man. A difficult choice.

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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Released 1996-08-30 · 135 min · Drama

Directed by Billy Bob Thornton

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves
J.T. Walsh as Charles Bushman
John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley
James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall as Karl's Father
Rick Dial as Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe as Scooter Hodges
Christine Renee Ward as Melinda
Sarah Boss as Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown as Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty as Melvin
Bruce Hampton as Morris