Recommended from age 11. Suspected abuse and disfigurement.
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- Difficult themes
- War, bullying, illness, broken families, hard real events.
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Top cast
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Mel Gibson (opens in a new tab) Justin McLeod -
Nick Stahl (opens in a new tab) Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt -
Margaret Whitton (opens in a new tab) Catherine Palin -
Fay Masterson (opens in a new tab) Gloria Norstadt -
Gaby Hoffmann (opens in a new tab) Megan Norstadt -
Geoffrey Lewis (opens in a new tab) Chief Wayne Stark
Directed by: Mel Gibson (opens in a new tab)
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What it’s about
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.
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