Fear Strikes Out (1957)
7.1|28 Mar, 1957|100 min
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
7.1|28 Mar, 1957|100 min
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Keywords
based on novel or book
boston, massachusetts
baseball
massachusetts
redemption
mental breakdown
biography
based on true story
family relationships
overbearing father
red sox
baseball player
mental health
professional sports
bipolar disorder
father son conflict
Casts
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)
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Crews
Robert Mulligan
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Raphael Blau
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Aaron Stell
Editor
Bert McKay
Casting
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
James Grant
First Assistant Camera
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Paul Franz
Sound Recordist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
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