Hoosiers (1986)
Kernel Score: 79% · 576 ratings
Genres: Drama, Family
Released: 1986-11-14
Runtime: 114 minutes
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.
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Cast
- Gene Hackman as Coach Norman Dale
- Barbara Hershey as Myra Fleener
- Dennis Hopper as Shooter
- Sheb Wooley as Cletus
- Fern Persons as Opal Fleener
- Chelcie Ross as George
- Robert Swan as Rollin
- Michael O'Guinne as Rooster
- Wil Dewitt as Reverend Doty
- John Robert Thompson as Sheriff Finley