Sling Blade (1996)

7.5/10 • 135 min • 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.

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

Dwight Yoakam

Doyle Hargraves

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

John Ritter

Vaughan Cunningham

Lucas Black

Natalie Canerday

James Hampton

Jerry Woolridge

Robert Duvall

Rick Dial

Brent Briscoe

Scooter Hodges

Bruce Hampton

Vic Chesnutt

Mickey Jones

Monty Johnson

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