The Great Santini

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1979

Creator: Lewis Carlino

Credits: Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Stan Shaw

Description: 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.

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