Overview
Plot
A failed college coach takes over a high school basketball team in a small Indiana town. He faces community backlash over his temper and his choice of an alcoholic assistant, while the star player quits to focus on academics.
- Directors
- David Anspaugh
- Cast
- Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Maris Valainis, David Neidorf, Brad Long, Steve Hollar, Brad Boyle, Kent Poole, Wade Schenck, Scott Summers, Fern Persons, Chelcie Ross, Robert Swan, Michael O'Guinne, Wil Dewitt, John Robert Thompson, Michael Sassone, Gloria Dorson
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Drama, Family
- Release date
- 1986-11-14
- Studios
- De Haven Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation
Plot
Warning: spoilers
Hoosiers Plot and Cast
Norman Dale, a failed college coach, 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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