The Flesh Mask

His face badly burned in a motor accident, young Robert Struve is horribly disfigured.

Unable to afford corrective surgery, and denied lawful redress against the rich man whose daughter was responsible, Struve wears his scars as a badge of honor, excelling at school and sports. The social pressure is intense however, and he is treated harshly by his peers-young men and women alike. When his frustration boils over, he assaults a girl.

In a correctional institution, as a ward of the state, he u...