Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Hoosiers
- Release
- November 14, 1986
- Screen Time
- 1h 54min
- Rating
- PG
- Direction
- David Anspaugh
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & 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)
Brad Boyle
Whit Butcher (#43)
Kent Poole
Merle Webb (#12)
Wade Schenck
Ollie McLellan (#13)
Scott Summers
Strap Purl (#53)
