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.
1972
Hoosiers (1986)
Drama,Sport
Hackman,Gene
Parents strongly cautioned, ?
None
Drama, Family
5693
10.487
1986-11-14
Hoosiers
7.089
487
$9,000,000
$28,600,000
114 minutes