Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994•25m•6.7/10

DramaThriller

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🎬TMDb

6.7/10(32)

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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Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob Thornton

Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald

Teresa Tatum

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays

Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

Suzanne Cryer

Frances

Abby Abernathy

Brent Briscoe

Brent Briscoe

Otto Coelho

Abe Dalool

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Aaron Wheeler

Bill Boll

Chester Dent

Bill Sprague

Joey Bilow

Mark Gimbrere

Michael Beugg

Linda Beugg

Trevor A. Tarr

Mike Herman

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