Watch NowHoosiers (1986)
PG
27/02/1987 (GB)
Drama, Family
1h 54m
- 70% (535 votes)
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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.
- David AnspaughDirector
- Angelo PizzoWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$28,600,000
Keywords
- high school
- indiana, usa
- sports
- parent child relationship
- son
- basketball
- coach
- high school sports
- hoosier
- 1950s
- basketball coach
- head coach
- coaching
- coach teacher
- high school coach
Top Billed 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
Michael O'Guinne
Rooster
Wil Dewitt
Reverend Doty
John Robert Thompson
Sheriff Finley
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