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.
as Coach Norman Dale
as Myra Fleener
as Shooter
as Cletus
as Opal Fleener
as George
as Rollin
as Rooster
as Reverend Doty
as Sheriff Finley
as Preacher Purl
as Millie
as Mayor Carl
as Junior
as J. June
as Jimmy Chitwood
as Everett