Hoosiers

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

Top cast

Gene Hackman

Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey

Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper

Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

Sheb Wooley

Cletus Summers

Maris Valainis

Jimmy Chitwood

David Neidorf

Everett Flatch (#21)

Brad Long

Buddy Walker (#14)

Steve Hollar

Rade Butcher (#25)

B

Brad Boyle

Whit Butcher (#43)

K

Kent Poole

Merle Webb (#12)

Wade Schenck

Ollie McLellan (#13)

S

Scott Summers

Strap Purl (#53)

Fern Persons

Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross

George Walker

R

Robert Swan

Rollin Butcher

M

Michael O'Guinne

Rooster

W

Wil Dewitt

Reverend Doty

J

John Robert Thompson

Sheriff Finley

M

Michael Sassone

Preacher Purl

Gloria Dorson

Millie

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