Drama

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.

"A simple man. A difficult choice."

Credits

Billy Bob ThorntonKarl Childers

Dwight YoakamDoyle Hargraves

J. T. WalshCharles Bushman

John RitterVaughan Cunningham

Lucas BlackFrank Wheatley