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title: "Hoosiers: cast and crew"
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cast: 48
crew: 32
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# Hoosiers (1986): cast and crew

48 cast and 32 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gene Hackman](https://film.one/person/gene-hackman.md) as Norman Dale
- [Barbara Hershey](https://film.one/person/barbara-hershey.md) as Myra Fleener
- [Dennis Hopper](https://film.one/person/dennis-hopper.md) as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- [Sheb Wooley](https://film.one/person/sheb-wooley.md) as Cletus Summers
- [Maris Valainis](https://film.one/person/maris-valainis.md) as Jimmy Chitwood
- [David Neidorf](https://film.one/person/david-neidorf.md) as Everett Flatch (#21)
- [Brad Long](https://film.one/person/brad-long.md) as Buddy Walker (#14)
- [Steve Hollar](https://film.one/person/steve-hollar.md) as Rade Butcher (#25)
- [Brad Boyle](https://film.one/person/brad-boyle.md) as Whit Butcher (#43)
- [Kent Poole](https://film.one/person/kent-poole.md) as Merle Webb (#12)
- [Wade Schenck](https://film.one/person/wade-schenck.md) as Ollie McLellan (#13)
- [Scott Summers](https://film.one/person/scott-summers.md) as Strap Purl (#53)
- [Fern Persons](https://film.one/person/fern-persons.md) as Opal Fleener
- [Chelcie Ross](https://film.one/person/chelcie-ross.md) as George Walker
- Robert Swan as Rollin Butcher
- Michael O'Guinne as Rooster
- Wil Dewitt as Reverend Doty
- John Robert Thompson as Sheriff Finley
- Michael Sassone as Preacher Purl
- Gloria Dorson as Millie
- Mike Dalzell as Mayor Carl
- Skip Welker as Junior
- Eric Gilliom as J. June
- Robert Boyle as Referee (Oolitic)
- Jerry D. Petro as Referee - Oolitic Game
- Sam Smiley as Referee - Cedar Knob Game
- Tom McConnell as Coach - Cedar Knob
- Dennis Farkas as Gorilla Player - Cedar Knob
- Tim Fogarty as Referee - Verdi Game
- Spyridon Stratigos as Referee - Loogootee Game
- Ken Strunk as Referee - Dugger Game
- Jerry D. Larrison as Referee - Terhune Game
- Thomas W. Marshall as Referee - Terhune Game
- Gary Long as Coach - Jasper
- C.W. Mundy as Coach - Jasper
- Jeff Moster as Player - Jasper
- Ralph H. Shively as Doc Buggins
- Rich Komenich as Reporter
- Scott Miley as Reporter
- Robert Sutton as Reporter
- Ray Crowe as Coach - State
- Ray Craft as Official - Finals
- Tom Carnegie as Finals P.A. Announcer
- Hilliard Gates as Radio Announcer - Finals
- Laura Robling as Hickory Cheerleader
- Nancy Harris as Hickory Cheerleader
- Libbey Schenck as Hickory Cheerleader
- The Travel-Aires as Star Spangled Banner Quartet

## Directing

- [David Anspaugh](https://film.one/person/david-anspaugh.md): Director
- Marilyn Bailey: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Angelo Pizzo](https://film.one/person/angelo-pizzo.md): Writer

## Production

- [John Daly](https://film.one/person/john-daly.md): Executive Producer
- [Angelo Pizzo](https://film.one/person/angelo-pizzo.md): Producer
- Graham Henderson: Associate Producer
- Karen Altman Morgenstern: Production Coordinator
- Derek Gibson: Executive Producer
- Ken Carlson: Casting
- [Carter DeHaven](https://film.one/person/carter-dehaven-1591020.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Fred Murphy](https://film.one/person/fred-murphy.md): Director of Photography
- Christopher Hackman: Second Assistant "B" Camera
- Randy Nolen: Steadicam Operator

## Editing

- [Carroll Timothy O'Meara](https://film.one/person/carroll-timothy-omeara.md): Editor
- Mark Eggenweiler: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Jerry Goldsmith](https://film.one/person/jerry-goldsmith.md): Original Music Composer
- Mel Metcalfe: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Peter Kurland: Boom Operator
- Terry Porter: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- David J. Hudson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Budd Carr: Music Supervisor
- Kenneth Hall: Music Editor
- Bill Phillips: Supervising Sound Editor
- David Brownlow: Production Sound Mixer

## Art

- [David Nichols](https://film.one/person/david-nichols.md): Production Design
- [Brendan Smith](https://film.one/person/brendan-smith.md): Set Decoration
- Janis Lubin: Set Decoration
- David Lubin: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Jane Anderson](https://film.one/person/jane-anderson-1019814.md): Costume Design
- Daniel Marc: Hairstylist
- Ronnie Specter: Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Ernie F. Orsatti: Stunt Coordinator

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