Sling Blade

Synopsis

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

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

CR

Christine Renee Ward

Melinda

SB

Sarah Boss

Marsha Dwiggins

KS

Kathy Sue Brown

Theresa Evans

WR

Wendell Rafferty

Melvin