Hoosiers

Overview

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.

Director

David Anspaugh

Cast

Gene Hackman

Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey

Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper

Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

Sheb Wooley

Cletus Summers

Maris Valainis

Jimmy Chitwood

David Neidorf

Everett Flatch (#21)

Brad Long

Buddy Walker (#14)

Steve Hollar

Rade Butcher (#25)

B

Brad Boyle

Whit Butcher (#43)

K

Kent Poole

Merle Webb (#12)