STORY
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 & CREW
- Gene Hackman
- Barbara Hershey
- Dennis Hopper
- Sheb Wooley
- Fern Persons
Cast
- David Anspaugh
- Marilyn Bailey
Directors
INFORMATION
- Orion Pictures
- De Haven Productions
- Hemdale Film Corporation
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English