The Great Santini (The Ace) (1979)

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Directed by

Lewis John Carlino

Starring (View all)

Robert Duvall
Bull Meechum

Blythe Danner
Lillian Meechum

Michael O'Keefe
Ben Meechum

Lisa Jane Persky
Mary Anne Meechum

Julie Anne Haddock
Karen Meechum

Brian Andrews
Matthew Meechum

Stan Shaw
Toomer Smalls

Theresa Merritt
Arrabella Smalls

Written by

Pat Conroy
(novel)

Lewis John Carlino

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Description: In 1962, the Marine Corps family, the Meechums - parents Lieutenant Colonel Wilbur "Bull" Meechum and Lillian Meechum, and their four children Ben Meechum, Mary Anne Meechum, Karen Meechum and Matthew Meechum - are moving like they do most years, this time to Beaufort, South Carolina. Bull - nicknamed "the Great Santini" - is known as a great pilot, but has gotten into much trouble in the past for his sophomoric behavior. He runs his family much as a military commander, where they are all to obey his orders without question. Everything he does within the family context he reasons is to build character, but in ... (more)

Release date: 26 October 1979
UPC: 085391637424