Hoosiers (1986)

7.0 out of 10 · 1986 · 114 min · Drama, Family

Overview

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.

Directed by David Anspaugh

Cast

• Gene Hackman as Norman Dale
• Barbara Hershey as Myra Fleener
• Dennis Hopper as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
• Sheb Wooley as Cletus Summers
• Maris Valainis as Jimmy Chitwood
• David Neidorf as Everett Flatch (#21)
• Brad Long as Buddy Walker (#14)
• Steve Hollar as Rade Butcher (#25)
• Brad Boyle as Whit Butcher (#43)
• Kent Poole as Merle Webb (#12)
• Wade Schenck as Ollie McLellan (#13)
• Scott Summers as Strap Purl (#53)

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