
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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Crew
DirectorBilly Bob Thornton
WriterBilly Bob Thornton
Cast

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

Rick Dial
Bill Cox

Brent Briscoe
Scooter Hodges
Christine Renee Ward
Melinda
Sarah Boss
Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown
Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty
Melvin
Bruce Hampton
Morris

Vic Chesnutt
Terence

Mickey Jones
Monty Johnson
Ian Moore
Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice
Mrs. Woolridge
Scott Stewart
Bubba Woolridge
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Keywords
arkansasrepair shopsoutherndeath threatreligious artfather figureintellectual disability
Details
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$34M
TMDb Votes
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