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A simple man. A difficult choice.

1996★ 7.5 · 8762h 15mDrama

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.

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Cast

Robert Duvall
as Karl's Father

Billy Bob Thornton
as Karl Childers

Lucas Black
as Frank Wheatley

John Ritter
as Vaughan Cunningham

J.T. Walsh
as Charles Bushman

Jim Jarmusch
as Frostee Cream Boy

Dwight Yoakam
as Doyle Hargraves

James Hampton
as Jerry Woolridge

Mickey Jones
as Monty Johnson

Brent Briscoe
as Scooter Hodges

Natalie Canerday
as Linda Wheatley

Rick Dial
as Bill Cox

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7.5/ 10

876 TMDB votes

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Release date: 1996-08-30

Budget: $1,200,000

Revenue: $34,100,000

Runtime: 2h 15m

Genres

Drama

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