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#35 Box Office Hit of 1986

Hoosiers (1986)

"They needed a second chance to finish first."

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.

Cast

  • Gene Hackman

    Norman Dale

    Gene Hackman

  • Barbara Hershey

    Myra Fleener

    Barbara Hershey

  • Dennis Hopper

    Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

    Dennis Hopper

  • Sheb Wooley

    Cletus Summers

    Sheb Wooley

  • Maris Valainis

    Jimmy Chitwood

    Maris Valainis

  • David Neidorf

    Everett Flatch (#21)

    David Neidorf

  • Brad Long

    Buddy Walker (#14)

    Brad Long

  • Steve Hollar

    Rade Butcher (#25)

    Steve Hollar

  • Whit Butcher (#43)

    Brad Boyle

  • Merle Webb (#12)

    Kent Poole

  • Wade Schenck

    Ollie McLellan (#13)

    Wade Schenck

  • Strap Purl (#53)

    Scott Summers

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