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Norman Dale
There are times when we want to institute a “Gene Hackman Rule” which basically means if you see his name in the opening credits, you know the movie won’t stink (or at least he will give it a redeeming quality). This isn’t to say that Hoosiers would not have worked with someone else cast as Coach Norman Dale, but don’t you buy Hackman as a sage sports authority figure before he even utters a word? Norman Dale was a lot more than just a coach. He was a student himself, learning from past mistakes (he was fired from Ithaca after…
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