Released:
1986-11-14

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.

Director:
David Anspaugh

Runtime:
1h 54min

Genre:
Drama, Family

• 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