

They needed a second chance to finish first.
November 14, 1986
1h 54m
EN
David Anspaugh
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.

Gene Hackman
Norman Dale

Barbara Hershey
Myra Fleener

Dennis Hopper
Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch

Sheb Wooley
Cletus Summers


Angelo Pizzo
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Maris Valainis
Jimmy Chitwood

David Neidorf
Everett Flatch (#21)

Brad Long
Buddy Walker (#14)

Steve Hollar
Rade Butcher (#25)

Brad Boyle
Whit Butcher (#43)

Kent Poole
Merle Webb (#12)
De Haven Productions
US
Hemdale Film Corporation
GB