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Fear Strikes Out

19577.1 / 10100 min

Drama

Overview

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.

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)

Crew

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Ted Berkman

Screenplay

Robert Mulligan

Director

Raphael Blau

Screenplay

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

Bert McKay

Casting

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Edith Head

Costume Design

Aaron Stell

Editor

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

James Grant

First Assistant Camera

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Nellie Manley

Hair Supervisor

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor