Sling Blade

Name: Sling Blade
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 7.542

1996 · 135 min

Drama

★ 7.5

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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
Director of Photography Barry Markowitz

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
C
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
S
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins

Crew

Director — Billy Bob Thornton
Screenplay — Billy Bob Thornton
Director of Photography — Barry Markowitz

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