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Sling Blade: Full Cast & Crew 1996 Drama
Mentally disabled Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the mental hospital where he has spent most of his life after murdering his mother and her lover. He soon forms a bond with Frank (Lucas Black), a boy whose father committed suicide. When Frank's mother, Linda (Natalie Canerday), lets Karl stay at their house, her cruel boyfriend, Doyle (Dwight Yoakam), tries to get Karl removed. Determined to protect his friend, Karl devises a way to save Frank from years of Doyle's abuse. R Released: Aug 30, 1996 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Billy Bob Thornton Karl Childers Director, Actor, Writer Dwight Yoakam Doyle Hargraves Actor J.T. Walsh Charles Bushman Actor John Ritter Vaughan Cunningham Actor Lucas Black Frank Wheatley Actor Natalie Canerday Linda Wheatley Actor James Hampton Dr. Jerry Woolridge Actor Robert Duvall Frank Childers Actor Rick Dial Bill Cox Actor Brent Briscoe Scooter Hodges Actor Christy Ward Melinda Actor Jim Jarmusch Frostee Cream Boy Actor Larry Meistrich Executive Producer David Bushell Producer Brandon Rosser Producer Daniel Lanois Original Music Barry Markowitz Cinematographer Hughes Winborne Film Editing Sarah Tackett Casting Clark Hunter Production Design Traci Kirshbaum Set Decoration Doug Hall Costume Design