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Fear Strikes Out

(1957)

March 28, 1957 1h 40m
71%
TMDB Score

Overview

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Robert Mulligan

Director

Top Billed Cast

AP

Anthony Perkins

Jimmy Piersall

KM

Karl Malden

John Piersall

NM

Norma Moore

Mary Piersall

AW

Adam Williams

Doctor Brown

PW

Perry Wilson

Mrs. John Piersall

PJV

Peter J. Votrian

Jim Piersall as a Boy

RB

Richard Bull

Reporter Slade (uncredited)

MJ

Morgan Jones

Sandy Allen (uncredited)

EB

Edd Byrnes

Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

BGH

Brian G. Hutton

Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)