Fear Strikes Out (1957)
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
100 min
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- Release date
- March 20, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Anthony Perkins as Jim Piersall
- Karl Malden as John Piersall
- Norma Moore as Mary Piersall
- Adam Williams as Doctor Brown
- Perry Wilson as Mrs. John Piersall
- Peter J. Votrian as Jim Piersall as a Boy
- John Aberle as Ballplayer
- Eric Alden as Policeman
- Heather Ames as Nurse
- Sam Balter as Broadcaster
- Sam Balter as Broadcaster
Crew
- Robert Mulligan · Director
- Ted Berkman · Writer
- Raphael Blau · Writer
- Jimmy Piersall · Writer
- Al Hirshberg · Writer
- Alan J. Pakula · Producer
- Elmer Bernstein · Composer
- Haskell B. Boggs · Cinematographer
- Aaron Stell · Editor