Hoosiers

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gene Hackman Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper Shooter

Sheb Wooley Cletus

Fern Persons Opal Fleener