Drama · Thriller

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Name: Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Director: George Hickenlooper
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1994-03-26
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Molly Ringwald, J.T. Walsh, Jefferson Mays, Suzanne Cryer

6.7(33) 3/26/1994 0h 25m

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25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".

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Top Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Otto Coelho

Directed by

George Hickenlooper

Crew

Adam LindemannProducer George HickenlooperProducer Bradford L. SchleiExecutive Producer Billy Bob ThorntonWriter Kevin HellExecutive Producer Mike HermanExecutive Producer Kevin HudnellProducer

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