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.
Coach Norman Dale
Myra Fleener
Shooter
Cletus
Opal Fleener
George
Rollin
Rooster
Reverend Doty
Sheriff Finley
Preacher Purl
Millie
Mayor Carl
Junior
J. June
Referee (Oolitic)
Referee - Oolitic Game
Referee - Cedar Knob Game
Coach - Cedar Knob
Gorilla Player - Cedar Knob
Referee - Verdi Game
Referee - Loogootee Game
Referee - Dugger Game
Referee - Terhune Game
Referee - Terhune Game
Coach - Jasper
Coach - Jasper
Player - Jasper
Doc Buggins
Reporter
Reporter
Reporter
Coach - State
Official - Finals
Finals P.A. Announcer
Radio Announcer - Finals
Hickory Cheerleader
Hickory Cheerleader
Hickory Cheerleader
Whit Butcher
Rade
Buddy
Everett
Jimmy Chitwood
Merle
Ollie
Strap Purl
Star Spangled Banner Quartet
Burglar
The Shift
The Legendary Tai Fei
Summer in the Forest
Ride Lonesome
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
House Arrest
Too Late
This Gun for Hire
Killer of Sheep
Get Low
The Fourth Protocol
Bat★21
Boys State
Uncommon Valor
Winter in Wartime
Guarding Tess
Un amor
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$9,000,000
Revenue$28,600,000
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