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25/08/1993 Drama 1h 55m
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A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams... until one man believed in him enough to make them come true.

Overview

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.

  1. Mel Gibson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mel Gibson

    Justin McLeod

  2. Nick Stahl

    Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt

  3. Margaret Whitton

    Catherine Palin

  4. Fay Masterson

    Gloria Norstadt

  5. Gaby Hoffmann

    Megan Norstadt

  6. Geoffrey Lewis

    Chief Wayne Stark

  7. Richard Masur

    Prof. Carl Hartley

  8. Michael DeLuise

    Douglas Hall, Gloria's Boyfriend

  9. Ethan Phillips

    Todd Lansing

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A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$20,000,000.00

Revenue
$36,560,338.00

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