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Hoosiers
1986 7.0 (535 votes) 1h 54m
Genres
Drama Family
Production Companies
Orion Pictures
De Haven Productions
Hemdale Film Corporation

Hoosiers

They needed a second chance to finish first.

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.

Key Crew

Director: David Anspaugh

Director of Photography: Fred Murphy

Producer: Angelo Pizzo, Carter DeHaven

Writer: Angelo Pizzo

Top Cast

Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman

Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey

Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper

Shooter

Sheb Wooley
Sheb Wooley

Cletus

Fern Persons
Fern Persons

Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross
Chelcie Ross

George

Robert Swan
Robert Swan

Rollin

Michael O'Guinne

Rooster

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