Fear Strikes Out

03/20/1957

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1hr 40min

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Drama

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

STORY

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

CAST & CREW

Cast

Anthony Perkins
Karl Malden
Norma Moore
Adam Williams
Perry Wilson

Directors

Alan J. Pakula
Robert Mulligan

INFORMATION

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

LANGUAGES

English

Cast

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)

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