Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Drama · 1998 · 2h 15m

Movie

7.5/10 · TMDB

A simple man. A difficult choice.

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.

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Cast & crew

Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers
Dwight YoakamDoyle Hargraves
J.T. WalshCharles Bushman
John RitterVaughan Cunningham
Lucas BlackFrank Wheatley
Natalie CanerdayLinda Wheatley
James HamptonJerry Woolridge
Robert DuvallKarl's Father
Rick DialBill Cox
Brent BriscoeScooter Hodges
Christine Renee WardMelinda
Sarah BossMarsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue BrownTheresa Evans
Wendell RaffertyMelvin
Bruce HamptonMorris

Information

Release date
13 March 1998
Director
Billy Bob Thornton
Genres
Drama
Runtime
2h 15m
Country of origin
United States

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