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

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)