Movie
Sling Blade
Released: August 30, 1996 (1996)
Runtime: 135 minutes
Genres: Drama
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 (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Robert Duvall as Karl's Father
Age at release: 65
- James Hampton as Jerry Woolridge
Age at release: 60
- J. T. Walsh as Charles Bushman
Age at release: 52
- John Ritter as Vaughan Cunningham
Age at release: 47
- Billy Bob Thornton as Karl Childers
Age at release: 41
- Rick Dial as Bill Cox
Age at release: 41
- Dwight Yoakam as Doyle Hargraves
Age at release: 39
- Brent Briscoe as Scooter Hodges
Age at release: 35
- Natalie Canerday as Linda Wheatley
Age at release: 34
- Lucas Black as Frank Wheatley
Age at release: 13
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- Mickey Jones as Monty Johnson
Age at release: 55
- Vic Chesnutt as Terence
Age at release: 31
- Christine Renee Ward as Melinda
Age at release: Unknown
- Sarah Boss as Marsha Dwiggins
Age at release: Unknown
- Kathy Sue Brown as Theresa Evans
Age at release: Unknown
- Wendell Rafferty as Melvin
Age at release: Unknown
- Bruce Hampton as Morris
Age at release: Unknown
- Judy Pryor Trice as Mrs. Woolridge
Age at release: Unknown
- Scott Stewart as Bubba Woolridge
Age at release: Unknown
- Betty Lynn Hall as Woolridge Daughter
Age at release: Unknown
- Gary Don Fletcher as Preacher
Age at release: Unknown
- Tim Holder as Albert
Age at release: Unknown
- Tom Kagy as Freddy
Age at release: Unknown
- Stacy Thomason as Woodridge Secretary
Age at release: Unknown
- Jackie Stewart as Walter
Age at release: Unknown
- Jamie Stewart as Teenage Boy
Age at release: Unknown
- D.J. Royston as Housekeeper
Age at release: Unknown
- Lacy Bailey as Karen
Age at release: Unknown
- Raymond Lewallen as Ticket Agent
Age at release: Unknown
- Bill Glasscock as Old Man (voice)
Age at release: Unknown