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.
Gene Hackman
as Coach Norman Dale
Barbara Hershey
as Myra Fleener
Dennis Hopper
as Shooter
Sheb Wooley
as Cletus
Fern Persons
as Opal Fleener
Chelcie Ross
as George
Robert Swan
as Rollin
Michael O'Guinne
as Rooster
Wil Dewitt
as Reverend Doty
John Robert Thompson
as Sheriff Finley
Michael Sassone
as Preacher Purl
Gloria Dorson
as Millie
