FEAR STRIKES OUT (1957)
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Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
Drama
March 28, 1957
English
1h 40m
United States
Paramount Pictures
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Cast & Characters
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)
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Raphael Blau
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Alan J. Pakula
Producer