Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

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".

Top Cast

Billy Bob Thornton

As Karl Childers

Molly Ringwald

As Teresa Tatum

J. T. Walsh

As Charles Bushman

Jefferson Mays

As Gerry Woolridge

Suzanne Cryer

As Frances

Abby Abernathy

As

Brent Briscoe

As

Otto Coelho

As

Abe Dalool

As

Ron Livingston

As

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