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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

  • Robert Mulligan
  • Alan J. Pakula

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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