Fear Strikes Out (1957)
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
- Released
- 1957-03-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Mulligan, Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 22 votes
Cast
- 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)
- Brian G. Hutton as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
- Bart Burns as Joe Cronin (uncredited)