Hoosiers
They needed a second chance to finish first.
7.0(598) 1986-11-14 114 minDramaFamily
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.
Original Music ComposerJerry Goldsmith
DirectorDavid Anspaugh
ProducerAngelo Pizzo
ProducerCarter DeHaven
WriterAngelo Pizzo
Cast & characters
Gene Hackman
as Norman Dale
Barbara Hershey
as Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper
as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
Sheb Wooley
as Cletus Summers
Maris Valainis
as Jimmy Chitwood
David Neidorf
as Everett Flatch (#21)
Brad Long
as Buddy Walker (#14)
Steve Hollar
as Rade Butcher (#25)
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Brad Boyle
as Whit Butcher (#43)
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Kent Poole
as Merle Webb (#12)
Wade Schenck
as Ollie McLellan (#13)
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Scott Summers
as Strap Purl (#53)
Fern Persons
as Opal Fleener
Chelcie Ross
as George Walker
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Robert Swan
as Rollin Butcher
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Michael O'Guinne
as Rooster
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Wil Dewitt
as Reverend Doty
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John Robert Thompson
as Sheriff Finley
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Michael Sassone
as Preacher Purl
Gloria Dorson
as Millie
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Mike Dalzell
as Mayor Carl
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Skip Welker
as Junior
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Eric Gilliom
as J. June
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Robert Boyle
as Referee (Oolitic)
