Mel Gibson | Nick Stahl | Margaret Whitton | Fay Masterson | Gaby Hoffmann | Geoffrey Lewis | Richard Masur | Michael DeLuise | Ethan Phillips |Jean De Baer | Jack De Mave | Viva | Justin Kanew | Sean Kellman | Chris Lineburg Directors: Mel Gibson | 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 protegea love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains him beyond the end of the film.