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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.