Film

Fear Strikes Out

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

7.1

1h 40m

1957

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

Synopsis

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

Director

Robert Mulligan

Drama

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Cast & Crew

Anthony Perkins

as Jimmy Piersall

Karl Malden

as John Piersall

Norma Moore

as Mary Piersall

Adam Williams

as Doctor Brown

Perry Wilson

as Mrs. John Piersall

Peter J. Votrian

as Jim Piersall as a Boy

Richard Bull

as Reporter Slade (uncredited)

Morgan Jones

as Sandy Allen (uncredited)

Edd Byrnes

as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

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