Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

March. 26,1994

Rating：

7.5

Genre：

Drama Thriller

Keywords：

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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".

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

Brent Briscoe as

Ron Livingston as

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