Hoosiers (1986)1h54
Drama · Family
Director David Anspaugh (7.2 avg)
Also directed Rudy, Moonlight and Valentino, The Game of Their Lives, and 9 more
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.
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Cast
Gene Hackman
Barbara Hershey
Dennis Hopper
Sheb Wooley
Maris Valainis
David Neidorf
Brad Long