Sling Blade

Plot

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 ... read more

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    Director

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    Screenplay

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    Theatre Play

  • Barry Markowitz

    Director of Photography

  • Hughes Winborne

    Editor

  • Billy Bob Thornton

    Karl Childers

  • Dwight Yoakam

    Doyle Hargraves

  • J.T. Walsh

    Charles Bushman

  • John Ritter

    Vaughan Cunningham

  • Lucas Black

    Frank Wheatley

  • Natalie Canerday

    Linda Wheatley

  • James Hampton

    Jerry Woolridge

  • Robert Duvall

    Karl's Father

  • Rick Dial

    Bill Cox

  • Brent Briscoe

    Scooter Hodges

  • Christine Renee Ward

    Melinda

  • Sarah Boss

    Marsha Dwiggins

  • Kathy Sue Brown

    Theresa Evans

  • Wendell Rafferty

    Melvin

  • Bruce Hampton

    Morris

  • Vic Chesnutt

    Terence

  • Mickey Jones

    Monty Johnson

  • Ian Moore

    Randy Horsefeathers

  • Judy Pryor Trice

    Mrs. Woolridge

  • Scott Stewart

    Bubba Woolridge

  • Betty Lynn Hall

    Woolridge Daughter

  • Jim Jarmusch

    Frostee Cream Boy

  • Gary Don Fletcher

    Preacher

  • Tim Holder

    Albert

  • Tom Kagy

    Freddy

  • Stacy Thomason

    Woodridge Secretary

  • Jackie Stewart

    Walter

  • Jamie Stewart

    Teenage Boy

  • D.J. Royston

    Housekeeper

  • Lacy Bailey

    Karen

  • Raymond Lewallen

    Ticket Agent

  • Bill Glasscock

    Old Man (voice)

  • Runtime

    135 minutes

    Released

    1996-08-30

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Miramax

    The Shooting Gallery

    Sound

  • Daniel Lanois

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    40 days ago

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