Fear Strikes Out (1957)
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
1957 · NR · 1h 40m · Drama
Genres: Drama
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writers: Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau
Music by: Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography: Haskell B. Boggs
Editor: Aaron Stell
Cast
Anthony Perkins as Jimmy PiersallKarl Malden as John PiersallNorma Moore as Mary PiersallAdam Williams as Doctor BrownPerry Wilson as Mrs. John PiersallPeter J. Votrian as Jim Piersall as a BoyRichard Bull as Reporter Slade (uncredited)Morgan Jones as Sandy Allen (uncredited)Edd Byrnes as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)Brian G. Hutton as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)Bart Burns as Joe Cronin (uncredited)More like this
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