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| Gene Hackman | Coach Norman Dale |
| Barbara Hershey | Myra Fleener |
| Dennis Hopper | Shooter |
| Sheb Wooley | Cletus |
| Fern Persons | Opal Fleener |
| Brad Boyle | Whit |
| Steve Hollar | Rade |
| Brad Long | Buddy |
| David Neidorf | Everett |
| Kent Poole | Merle |
| Wade Schenck | Ollie |
| Scott Summers | Strap |
| Maris Valainis | Jimmy |
Failed college coach Norman Dale 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 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.
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