Fear Strikes Out
7.0
18 reviews
Drama
1h 40m
1957
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- DirectorRobert Mulligan
- Release20 March 1957
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 40m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate7.018 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Anthony Perkins
Jimmy Piersall
Karl Malden
John Piersall
Norma Moore
Mary Piersall
Adam Williams
Doctor Brown
Perry Wilson
Mrs. John Piersall
Peter J. Votrian
Jim Piersall as a Boy
Richard Bull
Reporter Slade (uncredited)
Morgan Jones
Sandy Allen (uncredited)
Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
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