Hoosiers poster
Director David Anspaugh
Writer Angelo Pizzo

Hoosiers

Tagline: They needed a second chance to finish first.

Release Date: 1986-11-14

Duration: 114 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Gene Hackman
    Coach Norman Dale
  • Barbara Hershey
    Myra Fleener
  • Chelcie Ross
    George
  • Dennis Hopper
    Shooter
  • David Neidorf
    Everett
  • Robert Swan
    Rollin
  • Sheb Wooley
    Cletus
  • Fern Persons
    Opal Fleener
  • Michael Sassone
    Preacher Purl
  • Gloria Dorson
    Millie