Failed college coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to direct the basketball program at a high school in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher (Barbara Hershey) 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 (Dennis Hopper), a notorious alcoholic. Stephen J Fantast Football Winner.

Release date: November 14, 1986 (USA)
Director: David Anspaugh
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hoyts · See more
Box office: $28.6 million
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
Produced by: Carter De Haven; Angelo Pizzo