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Cast
Gene Hackman | As: Coach Norman Dale | |
Barbara Hershey | As: Myra Fleener | |
Dennis Hopper | As: Shooter | |
Sheb Wooley | As: Cletus | |
Fern Persons | As: Opal Fleener |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | They needed a second chance to finish first. |
Certification: | PG |
Cast
Gene Hackman |
Coach Norman Dale |
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Barbara Hershey |
Myra Fleener |
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Dennis Hopper |
Shooter |
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Sheb Wooley |
Cletus |
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Fern Persons |
Opal Fleener |
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Chelcie Ross |
George |
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Robert Swan |
Rollin |
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Michael O'Guinne |
Rooster |
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Wil Dewitt |
Reverend Doty |
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John Robert Thompson |
Sheriff Finley |
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Michael Sassone |
Preacher Purl |
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Gloria Dorson |
Millie |
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Mike Dalzell |
Mayor Carl |
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Skip Welker |
Junior |
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Eric Gilliom |
J. June |
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Maris Valainis |
Jimmy Chitwood |
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David Neidorf |
Everett |
Directed By
David Anspaugh |
Director |
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Marilyn Bailey |
Script Supervisor |
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Writing Credits
Angelo Pizzo |
Writer |
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Production Crew
John Daly |
Executive Producer |
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Angelo Pizzo |
Producer |
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Carter DeHaven |
Producer |
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Derek Gibson |
Executive Producer |
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Ken Carlson |
Casting |
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Karen Altman Morgenstern |
Production Coordinator |
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Graham Henderson |
Associate Producer |
Edited By
Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
Editor |
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Mark Eggenweiler |
Assistant Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Jane Anderson |
Costume Design |
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Ronnie Specter |
Makeup Artist |
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Daniel Marc |
Hairstylist |
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Sound
Jerry Goldsmith |
Original Music Composer |
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Peter F. Kurland |
Boom Operator |
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Terry Porter |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Kenneth Hall |
Music Editor |
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Bill Phillips |
Supervising Sound Editor |
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Mel Metcalfe |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Budd Carr |
Music Supervisor |
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David Brownlow |
Production Sound Mixer |
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David J. Hudson |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Fred Murphy |
Director of Photography |
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Christopher Hackman |
Second Assistant "B" Camera |
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Randy Nolen |
Steadicam Operator |
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Lighting
Art Department
David Lubin |
Art Direction |
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David Nichols |
Production Design |
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Brendan Smith |
Set Decoration |
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Janis Lubin |
Set Decoration |
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Other Crew
Ernie F. Orsatti |
Stunt Coordinator |
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