
"A simple man. A difficult choice."
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.
Karl Childers

Doyle Hargraves

Charles Bushman

Vaughan Cunningham

Frank Wheatley

Linda Wheatley

Jerry Woolridge

Karl's Father

Bill Cox

Scooter Hodges

Melinda
Marsha Dwiggins
Theresa Evans
Melvin
Morris
Terence

Monty Johnson

Randy Horsefeathers
Mrs. Woolridge
Bubba Woolridge
Woolridge Daughter
Frostee Cream Boy

Preacher
Albert
Freddy
Woodridge Secretary
Walter
Teenage Boy
Housekeeper
Karen
Ticket Agent
Old Man (voice)