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.
Details
- Director
- David Anspaugh
- Writer
- Angelo Pizzo
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $9,000,000
Cast
Barbara Hershey
Chelcie Ross
Dennis Hopper
Fern Persons
Gene Hackman
John Robert Thompson
Michael O'Guinne
Robert Swan
Sheb Wooley
Wil Dewitt
Keywords
1950s
basketball
basketball coach
coach
coach teacher
coaching
head coach
high school
high school coach
high school sports
hoosier
indiana
usa
parent child relationship
son
sports
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