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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.
Director
David Anspaugh
Production
De Haven Productions
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$28,600,000
Cast

Gene Hackman
Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
Shooter

Sheb Wooley
Cletus

Fern Persons
Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross
George

Robert Swan
Rollin
M
Michael O'Guinne
Rooster
W
Wil Dewitt
Reverend Doty
J
John Robert Thompson
Sheriff Finley










