Release Date | 1986-11-14 |
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Runtime | 114 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Family |
Stars | Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons |
Directors | David Anspaugh, Carroll Timothy O'Meara, Fred Murphy, John Daly, Jerry Goldsmith |
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.