

30/08/1996
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.

Billy Bob Thornton
as Karl Childers

Dwight Yoakam
as Doyle Hargraves

J. T. Walsh
as Charles Bushman

John Ritter
as Vaughan Cunningham

Lucas Black
as Frank Wheatley

Natalie Canerday
as Linda Wheatley

James Hampton
as Jerry Woolridge

Robert Duvall
as Karl's Father

Rick Dial
as Bill Cox

Brent Briscoe
as Scooter Hodges

Christine Renee Ward
as Melinda

Sarah Boss
as Marsha Dwiggins

Kathy Sue Brown
as Theresa Evans

Wendell Rafferty
as Melvin

Bruce Hampton
as Morris

Vic Chesnutt
as Terence

Mickey Jones
as Monty Johnson

Ian Moore
as Randy Horsefeathers

Judy Pryor Trice
as Mrs. Woolridge

Scott Stewart
as Bubba Woolridge

Betty Lynn Hall
as Woolridge Daughter

Jim Jarmusch
as Frostee Cream Boy

Gary Don Fletcher
as Preacher

Tim Holder
as Albert

Tom Kagy
as Freddy

Stacy Thomason
as Woodridge Secretary

Jackie Stewart
as Walter

Jamie Stewart
as Teenage Boy

D.J. Royston
as Housekeeper

Lacy Bailey
as Karen

Raymond Lewallen
as Ticket Agent

Bill Glasscock
as Old Man (voice)
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