"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
as Karl Childers
Dwight Yoakam
as Doyle Hargraves
J. T. Walsh
as Charles Bushman
John Ritter
as Vaughan Cunningham
Lucas Black
as Frank Wheatley
Natalie Canerday
as Linda Wheatley
James Hampton
as Jerry Woolridge
Robert Duvall
as Karl's Father
Rick Dial
as Bill Cox
Brent Briscoe
as Scooter Hodges
Christine Renee Ward
as Melinda
Sarah Boss
as Marsha Dwiggins
Kathy Sue Brown
as Theresa Evans
Wendell Rafferty
as Melvin
Bruce Hampton
as Morris
Vic Chesnutt
as Terence
Mickey Jones
as Monty Johnson
Ian Moore
as Randy Horsefeathers
Judy Pryor Trice
as Mrs. Woolridge
Scott Stewart
as Bubba Woolridge
Betty Lynn Hall
as Woolridge Daughter
Jim Jarmusch
as Frostee Cream Boy
Gary Don Fletcher
as Preacher
Tim Holder
as Albert
Tom Kagy
as Freddy
Stacy Thomason
as Woodridge Secretary
Jackie Stewart
as Walter
Jamie Stewart
as Teenage Boy
D.J. Royston
as Housekeeper
Lacy Bailey
as Karen
Raymond Lewallen
as Ticket Agent
Bill Glasscock
as Old Man (voice)
Director
Screenplay
Theatre Play
David L. Bushell
Producer
Larry Meistrich
Executive Producer
Brandon Rosser
Daniel Lanois
Original Music Composer
Barry Markowitz
Director of Photography
Hughes Winborne
Editor
Sarah Tackett
Casting
Clark Hunter
Production Design
Traci Kirshbaum
Set Decoration
Doug Hall
Costume Design
Kate Biscoe
Key Hair Stylist
Tracy Warbin
Key Makeup Artist
Robert Salerno
Production Manager
Laura Seymann
Post Production Supervisor
Amber Ayub
First Assistant Director
W.M. Halle
Daron McAfee
Second Assistant Director
Todd Jameson Saettele
Jacob Alsbrook
Leadman
Joe Arnold
Set Dresser
Max Biscoe
Assistant Art Director
Joe Cuzan
Swing
Dwayne Grady
Property Master
Carlton Rude
Assistant Property Master
Sheryl Glubok
Assistant Location Manager