Sling Blade

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

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1996 · 135 min · R · Drama · TMDB 7.5/10

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.

Directed by Billy Bob Thornton

Cast

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