Believe in Me

Sep 7, 2006

2h 11m

★ 6.5

Overview

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

Genres

Drama

Family

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Cast

Clay Driscoll

Jeffrey Donovan

Jean Driscoll

Samantha Mathis

Ellis Brawley

Bruce Dern

Hugh Moreland

Bob Gunton

Cindy Butts

Heather Matarazzo

Miss Rogers

Doris Hargrave

Helen Burnsides

Michele Nordin

Susan Grove

Hailey Grimes

Ginger Selman

Anne Judson-Yager

Frances Bonner

Alicia Lagano

Sadie York

Marta Cross

Portia Stovall

Kerbey Smith

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