Release Date

14 Nov, 1986

Runtime

01:54: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

They needed a second chance to finish first.

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.

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Actors

Gene Hackman

Barbara Hershey

Dennis Hopper

Sheb Wooley

Fern Persons

Chelcie Ross

Robert Swan

Michael O'Guinne

Wil Dewitt

John Robert Thompson

Michael Sassone

Gloria Dorson

Mike Dalzell

Skip Welker

Eric Gilliom

Maris Valainis

David Neidorf

Crew

Jerry Goldsmith

Carroll Timothy O'Meara

John Daly

David Anspaugh

Angelo Pizzo

Fred Murphy

Christopher Hackman

David Lubin

Peter F. Kurland

Terry Porter

Kenneth Hall

Bill Phillips

Carter DeHaven

Jane Anderson