Description

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

Barbara Hershey

Dennis Hopper

Sheb Wooley

Fern Persons

Chelcie Ross

Robert Swan

Gloria Dorson

Ken Strunk

Rich Komenich

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