Sling Blade (1996)

08/30/1996 2h 15m

A simple man. A difficult choice.

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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 Ages at Release

Billy Bob Thornton

as Karl Childers

Born 08/04/1955, age

Dwight Yoakam

as Doyle Hargraves

Born 10/23/1956, age

J.T. Walsh

as Charles Bushman

Born 09/28/1943

Died 02/27/1998, age

John Ritter

as Vaughan Cunningham

Born 09/17/1948

Died 09/11/2003, age

Lucas Black

as Frank Wheatley

Born 11/29/1982, age

James Hampton

as Jerry Woolridge

Born 07/09/1936

Died 04/07/2021, age

Robert Duvall

as Karl's Father

Born 01/05/1931, age

Brent Briscoe

as Scooter Hodges

Born 05/21/1961

Died 10/18/2017, age

Jim Jarmusch

as Frostee Cream Boy

Born 01/22/1953, age