Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Robert Mulligan · 100 min
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.
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Anthony PerkinsJimmy Piersall
Karl MaldenJohn Piersall
Norma MooreMary Piersall
Adam WilliamsDoctor Brown
Perry WilsonMrs. John Piersall
Peter J. VotrianJim Piersall as a Boy
Richard BullReporter Slade (uncredited)
Morgan JonesSandy Allen (uncredited)
Edd ByrnesBoy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Brian G. HuttonBernie Sherwill (uncredited)Bart BurnsJoe Cronin (uncredited)
