Sling Blade

Sling Blade

135 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1996

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.

Sling Blade

135 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1996

Sling Blade
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Miramax, Shooting Gallery
Original title Sling Blade
Directors Todd Jameson Saettele, Daron McAfee, W.M. Halle, Amber Ayub, Billy Bob Thornton
Writers 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

Sarah Boss

as Marsha Dwiggins

Kathy Sue Brown

as Theresa Evans

Wendell Rafferty

as Melvin

Bruce Hampton

as Morris

Vic Chesnutt

as Terence

Mickey Jones

as Monty Johnson

Ian Moore

as Randy Horsefeathers

Judy Pryor Trice

as Mrs. Woolridge

Scott Stewart

as Bubba Woolridge

Betty Lynn Hall

as Woolridge Daughter

Jim Jarmusch

as Frostee Cream Boy

Gary Don Fletcher

as Preacher

Tim Holder

as Albert

Tom Kagy

as Freddy

Stacy Thomason

as Woodridge Secretary

Jackie Stewart

as Walter

Jamie Stewart

as Teenage Boy

D.J. Royston

as Housekeeper

Lacy Bailey

as Karen

Raymond Lewallen

as Ticket Agent

Bill Glasscock

as Old Man (voice)