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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 11/14/1986
Runtime: 114 min
Director: David Anspaugh
Top Cast
Gene Hackman
Coach Norman Dale
Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper
Shooter
Sheb Wooley
Cletus
Fern Persons
Opal Fleener
Chelcie Ross
George
Gloria Dorson
Millie
Ken Strunk
Referee - Dugger Game
Rich Komenich
Reporter
David Neidorf
Everett
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