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They needed a second chance to finish first. - Hoosiers
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Title: Hoosiers

Release Date: 14 Nov 1986

Runtime: 1h 54m

Genre: Drama, Family

Director: Orion Pictures, De Haven Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation

Production Companies: Orion Pictures, De Haven Productions, Hemdale Film Corporation

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.1 (512 votes)

Cast

  • Coach Norman Dale: Gene Hackman
  • Myra Fleener: Barbara Hershey
  • Shooter: Dennis Hopper
  • Cletus: Sheb Wooley
  • Opal Fleener: Fern Persons
  • George: Chelcie Ross
  • Rollin: Robert Swan
  • Rooster: Michael O'Guinne
  • Reverend Doty: Wil Dewitt
  • Sheriff Finley: John Robert Thompson
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