Sling Blade
8.9 Score
Budget$1.2M
Box office$34.1M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
1996 2h 15m R Drama

Sling Blade

A simple man. A difficult choice.

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.

Crew
Director Billy Bob Thornton Screenplay Billy Bob Thornton Producer Brandon Rosser Producer David L. Bushell

Top 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

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