Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
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3/20/1957Runtime
100 minsGenres
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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A raw, unflinching portrait of a talented ballplayer's struggle with mental illness and an overbearing father, charting his descent and climb toward recovery. The film treats its subject with dignity while refusing to soften the psychological cost of his battle.
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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)
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