The Man Without a Face

1993 • 1h 55m •

Drama

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Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town after his face is disfigured from an automobile accident ten years earlier, in which a boy was incinerated--and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Also suspected of being a paedophile, he is befriended by Chuck, causing the town's suspicions and hostility to be ignited.

"A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams... until one man believed in him enough to make them come true."

Top Billed Cast

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

Richard Masur

Prof. Carl Hartley

Michael DeLuise

Douglas Hall, Gloria's Boyfriend

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2020-04-02

_**A denouncement of lowlife gossips/slanderers**_

"The Man without a Face" was Mel Gibson's 1993 debut as director. Gibson stars in the eponymous role as McLeod, a man whose face is heavily scarred. The story takes place on coastal Maine during the summer of 1968. Several years earlier McLeod moved to the area to live in seclusion and do his unconventional work with the requisite privacy. Unfortunately, but to be expected, rumors about the mysterious recluse circulate amongst the locals, who callously refer to him as "hamburger head." A fatherless 12 year-old, Chuck (Nick Stahl), wants to ...