Sling Blade
Sling Blade is a 1996 American drama film starring Billy Bob Thornton as the intellectually challenged Karl Childers, who forms a unique bond with a mother and son in Arkansas.
ReleasedAug 30, 1996
Budget$1M
Box Office$34M
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1
John Ritter
Vaughan Cunningham
7.4
2
Robert Duvall
Karl's Father
5.0
3
Billy Bob Thornton
Karl Childers
5.0
4
Lucas Black
Frank Wheatley
1.6
5
Dwight Yoakam
Doyle Hargraves
1.6
6
Jim Jarmusch
Frostee Cream Boy
0.9
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