Fear Strikes Out

This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1957-03-28

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

Drama

Fear Strikes Out

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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

as Jimmy Piersall

as John Piersall

as Mary Piersall

as Doctor Brown

as Mrs. John Piersall

Peter J. Votrian

Peter J. Votrian

as Jim Piersall as a Boy

as Reporter Slade (uncredited)

as Sandy Allen (uncredited)

as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

Brian G. Hutton

Brian G. Hutton

as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

as Joe Cronin (uncredited)

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Robert Mulligan

Robert Mulligan

Haskell B. Boggs

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

Hilyard M. Brown

Hilyard M. Brown

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

First Assistant Camera

Charles Grenzbach

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Hair Supervisor

Assistant Director

Sound Recordist

Makeup Supervisor

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