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
Dwight Yoakam
J.T. Walsh
John Ritter
Lucas Black
Natalie Canerday
James Hampton
Robert Duvall
Rick Dial
Brent Briscoe
Christine Renee Ward
Sarah Boss
Kathy Sue Brown
Wendell Rafferty
Bruce Hampton
Vic Chesnutt
Mickey Jones
Ian Moore
Judy Pryor Trice
Scott Stewart
Betty Lynn Hall
Jim Jarmusch
Gary Don Fletcher
Tim Holder
Tom Kagy
Stacy Thomason
Jackie Stewart
Jamie Stewart
D.J. Royston
Lacy Bailey
Raymond Lewallen
Bill Glasscock