Hoosiers
movie

They needed a second chance to finish first.
Released November 14, 1986
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.
Cast

Gene Hackman
as
Coach Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
as
Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
as
Shooter

Sheb Wooley
as
Cletus

Fern Persons
as
Opal Fleener

Chelcie Ross
as
George

Robert Swan
as
Rollin
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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
Crew
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John Daly
as
Executive Producer

David Anspaugh
as
Director
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Fred Murphy
as
Director of Photography
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Angelo Pizzo
as
Producer

Jerry Goldsmith
as
Original Music Composer
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Carroll Timothy O'Meara
as
Editor
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Christopher Hackman
as
Second Assistant "B" Camera
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Graham Henderson
as
Associate Producer
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David Nichols
as
Production Design
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Mel Metcalfe
as
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Peter Kurland
as
Boom Operator
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Brendan Smith
as
Set Decoration