Hoosiers
Hoosiers

Hoosiers

They needed a second chance to finish first.

7.0(549 votes)
1986
1h 54m
Drama
Family

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.

Production

De Haven Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation

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

Michael O'Guinne

Rooster

Wil Dewitt

Wil Dewitt

Reverend Doty

John Robert Thompson

John Robert Thompson

Sheriff Finley

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