Drama /

Score: 75.4%( 811 votes )

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.

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

Betty Lynn Hall
Woolridge Daughter

Jim Jarmusch
Frostee Cream Boy

Gary Don Fletcher
Preacher

Tim Holder
Albert

Tom Kagy
Freddy

Stacy Thomason
Woodridge Secretary

Jackie Stewart
Walter

Jamie Stewart
Teenage Boy

D.J. Royston
Housekeeper

Lacy Bailey
Karen

Raymond Lewallen
Ticket Agent

Bill Glasscock
Old Man (voice)