The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicion and hostility to be ignited. McLeod inculcates in his protege a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains him beyond the end of the film.
Mel Gibson | Justin McLeod | |
Nick Stahl | Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt | |
Margaret Whitton | Catherine Palin | |
Fay Masterson | Gloria Norstadt | |
Gaby Hoffmann | Megan Norstadt | |
Geoffrey Lewis | Chief Wayne Stark |
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