Sling Blade

IMDb 7.5 1996 • 135 min • Drama

Director

Billy Bob Thornton

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam Doyle Hargraves
J. T. Walsh
J. T. Walsh Charles Bushman
John Ritter
John Ritter Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
Lucas Black Frank Wheatley