Hoosiers (1986)
They needed a second chance to finish first.
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.
Cast
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Gene Hackman
as Norman Dale
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Barbara Hershey
as Myra Fleener
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Dennis Hopper
as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
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Sheb Wooley
as Cletus Summers
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Maris Valainis
as Jimmy Chitwood
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David Neidorf
as Everett Flatch (#21)
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Brad Long
as Buddy Walker (#14)
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Steve Hollar
as Rade Butcher (#25)
- Brad Boyle as Whit Butcher (#43)
- Kent Poole as Merle Webb (#12)
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Wade Schenck
as Ollie McLellan (#13)
- Scott Summers as Strap Purl (#53)
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Fern Persons
as Opal Fleener
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Chelcie Ross
as George Walker
- Robert Swan as Rollin Butcher
- Michael O'Guinne as Rooster
- Wil Dewitt as Reverend Doty
- John Robert Thompson as Sheriff Finley
Crew
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David Anspaugh
Director
- Fred Murphy Director of Photography
- Carroll Timothy O'Meara Editor
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Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
- Angelo Pizzo Producer
- Carter DeHaven Producer
- Angelo Pizzo Writer
