Hackman gets a last-chance job coaching a small-town Indiana high school basketball team in the 1950s, and faces the dual challenge of bringing the team to the state championship and redeeming himself.

C a s t

Gene Hackman as Coach Norman Dale
Barbara Hershey as Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper as Shooter
Sheb Wooley as Cletus
Chelcie Ross as George
Robert Swan as Rollin

Production Credits

Producers Carter DeHaven & Angelo Pizzo
Director David Anspaugh
Screenwriter Angelo Pizzo
Editor C. Timothy O'Meara
Cinematographer Fred Murphy
Composer Jerry Goldsmith