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Great Santini, The

The Great Santini (1979)

Drama | 115 minutes
3,25 26 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 115 minuten

Alternative titles: The Gift of Fury / The Ace

Country: United States

Directed by: Lewis John Carlino

Starst: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner and Michael O'Keefe

IMDb score: 7,2 (7.785)

Releasedate: 26 October 1979

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The Great Santini plot

"The bravest thing he would ever do was let his family love him."

The Meechum children and their mother travel from naval post to naval post, following their father, a pilot, through the quiet years before the Vietnam War. When one of the kids makes friends with a black boy, all hell breaks loose in the family. The son must now find a way to reassure his father.

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Robert Duvall Robert Duvall

Bull Meechum

Blythe Danner Blythe Danner

Lillian Meechum

Michael O'Keefe Michael O'Keefe

Ben Meechum

Lisa Jane Persky Lisa Jane Persky

Mary Anne Meechum

Julie Anne Haddock Julie Anne Haddock

Karen Meechum

Brian Andrews Brian Andrews

Matthew Meechum

Stan Shaw Stan Shaw

Toomer Smalls

Theresa Merritt Theresa Merritt

Arrabella Smalls

David Keith David Keith

Red Petus

Paul Mantee Paul Mantee

Col. Virgil Hedgepath

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