Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
1957
Rated
NR
100
minutes
Drama
Directed By:
Robert Mulligan
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Language
English
Release Date
March 20, 1957
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)
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Show Full Crew
Directing
Writing
Production
Sound
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Paul Franz
Sound Recordist
Editing
Camera
Art
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up