Aug 30, 1996
135 min
Full-HD

Sling Blade (1996)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Miramax The Shooting Gallery

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

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