
Hoosiers
Original title: Hoosiers
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7.0/10
(546)
11/14/1986
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1h 54min

Drama
Family
Synopsis
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.
Direction: David Anspaugh
Screenwriter: Angelo Pizzo
Producer: Angelo Pizzo, Carter DeHaven
Budget 9M
Cast

Gene Hackman
Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
Shooter

Sheb Wooley
Cletus

Fern Persons
Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross
George

Robert Swan
Rollin

Gloria Dorson
Millie