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.
Main Cast of Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
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Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
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J. T. Walsh
Charles Bushman
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
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Secondary Cast of Sling Blade
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown
Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty
Melvin
Bruce Hampton
Morris
Ian Moore
Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice
Mrs. Woolridge
Scott Stewart
Bubba Woolridge
Betty Lynn Hall
Woolridge Daughter
Gary Don Fletcher
Preacher
Tim Holder
Albert
Tom Kagy
Freddy
Stacy Thomason
Woodridge Secretary
Jackie Stewart
Walter
Jamie Stewart
Teenage Boy
D.J. Royston
Housekeeper
Lacy Bailey
Karen
Raymond Lewallen
Ticket Agent
Bill Glasscock
Old Man (voice)
Crew of Sling Blade
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