Hoosiers (1986)
They needed a second chance to finish first.
114 min
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.
- Release date
- April 28, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $9,000,000
- Box office
- $28,600,000
Trailer
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Coach Norman Dale
- Barbara Hershey as Myra Fleener
- Dennis Hopper as Shooter
- Sheb Wooley as Cletus Summers
- Fern Persons as Opal Fleener
- Chelcie Ross as George
- Robert Swan as Rollin Butcher
- Michael O'Guinne as Rooster
- Wil Dewitt as Reverend Doty
- John Robert Thompson as Sheriff Finley
Crew
- David Anspaugh · Director
- Angelo Pizzo · Writer
- Carter DeHaven · Producer
- Angelo Pizzo · Producer
- Jerry Goldsmith · Composer
- Fred Murphy · Cinematographer
- Carroll Timothy O'Meara · Editor
- Ken Carlson · Casting director
- David Nichols · Production designer