The Great Santini

Lt. Col. Wilbur "Bull" Meechum, a pilot also known as "The Great Santini" to his fellow Marines, moves his family to the military base town of Beaufort, South Carolina, in peacetime 1962. Ben is a basketball star, but rather than be proud of his son's dedication, he berates and insults him. Ben befriends a young black man called Toomer, who is being harassed by a bigoted bully. Toomer exacts revenge on Red with the help of a hive of bees, but Ben arrives too late.