Fear Strikes Out
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1957-03-20 • 1h 40m
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- Directors
- Robert Mulligan
- Editors
- Aaron Stell
Fear Strikes Out
Visit website1957-03-20 • 1h 40m
7.1/10 • 19
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- Directors
- Robert Mulligan
- Editors
- Aaron Stell
Top Billed Cast
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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)
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- English
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- Keywords
- baseballmental breakdownbiographypsychiatristoverbearing fatherred soxbaseball playermental healthmental asylumbaseball fieldprofessional sportsbipolar disorderfather son conflictbaseball gamepressure to perform