
Hoosiers
They needed a second chance to finish first.
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
DramaFamily
Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1986-11-14
Runtime
114 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Gene Hackman
Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

Sheb Wooley
Cletus Summers

Maris Valainis
Jimmy Chitwood

David Neidorf
Everett Flatch (#21)

Brad Long
Buddy Walker (#14)

Steve Hollar
Rade Butcher (#25)

Brad Boyle
Whit Butcher (#43)

Kent Poole
Merle Webb (#12)

Wade Schenck
Ollie McLellan (#13)

Scott Summers
Strap Purl (#53)
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Production Companies
De Haven Productions
Hemdale Film Corporation