Fear Strikes Out
1957 · 100 min
Drama
★ 7.2not streaming
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Crew
- Director Robert Mulligan
- Screenplay Ted Berkman
- Screenplay Raphael Blau
- Director of Photography Haskell B. Boggs
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)
- B
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Robert Mulligan
- Screenplay — Ted Berkman
- Screenplay — Raphael Blau
- Director of Photography — Haskell B. Boggs
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