Hoosiers

1986 · 114 min · ★ 7.0 / 10 · 617 votes

Drama · Family

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 · Maris Valainis · David Neidorf · Brad Long · Steve Hollar · Brad Boyle · Kent Poole

Director

David Anspaugh