Plot
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)
Steve Hollar
Rade Butcher (#25)
Brad Boyle
Whit Butcher (#43)
Kent Poole
Merle Webb (#12)
Wade Schenck
Ollie McLellan (#13)
Scott Summers
Strap Purl (#53)
Crew
David Anspaugh
Director
Fred Murphy
Director of Photography
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Angelo Pizzo
Producer
Angelo Pizzo
Writer
Carter DeHaven
Producer
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