 
  Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | David Anspaugh | 
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| Writer: | Angelo Pizzo | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 14, 1986 | 
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| Director: | David Anspaugh | 
| Writer: | Angelo Pizzo | 
| Genres: | Family, Drama | 
| Keywords | parent child relationship, indiana, usa, son, sports, high school, basketball, coach, high school sports, hoosier, 1950s, basketball coach, head coach, coaching, coach teacher, high school coach | 
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures, Hemdale Film Corporation, De Haven Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $28,600,000 Budget: $9,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Gene Hackman | Coach Norman Dale | 
| Barbara Hershey | Myra Fleener | 
| Dennis Hopper | Shooter | 
| Sheb Wooley | Cletus | 
| Fern Persons | Opal Fleener | 
| Chelcie Ross | George | 
| Robert Swan | Rollin | 
| Michael O'Guinne | Rooster | 
| Wil Dewitt | Reverend Doty | 
| John Robert Thompson | Sheriff Finley | 
| Michael Sassone | Preacher Purl | 
| Gloria Dorson | Millie | 
| Mike Dalzell | Mayor Carl | 
| Skip Welker | Junior | 
| Eric Gilliom | J. June | 
| Maris Valainis | Jimmy Chitwood | 
| David Neidorf | Everett | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| David Anspaugh | Director | 
| Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer | 
| Fred Murphy | Director of Photography | 
| David Nichols | Production Design | 
| Jane Anderson | Costume Design | 
| David J. Hudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Budd Carr | Music Supervisor | 
| Mel Metcalfe | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Peter F. Kurland | Boom Operator | 
| Marilyn Bailey | Script Supervisor | 
| Karen Altman Morgenstern | Production Coordinator | 
| Bill Phillips | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Daniel Marc | Hairstylist | 
| David Lubin | Art Direction | 
| Janis Lubin | Set Decoration | 
| Mark Eggenweiler | Assistant Editor | 
| Carroll Timothy O'Meara | Editor | 
| Angelo Pizzo | Writer | 
| David Brownlow | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator | 
| Ronnie Specter | Makeup Artist | 
| Brendan Smith | Set Decoration | 
| Kenneth Hall | Music Editor | 
| Ken Carlson | Casting | 
| Terry Porter | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Christopher Hackman | Second Assistant "B" Camera | 
| Ernie F. Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| John Daly | Executive Producer | 
| Carter DeHaven | Producer | 
| Angelo Pizzo | Producer | 
| Graham Henderson | Associate Producer | 
| Derek Gibson | Executive Producer | 
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min | 
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| 2024 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 50 | 12 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 12 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 3 | 415 | 793 | 
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 2 | 210 | 450 |