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Fear Strikes Out
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.
Where to watch Fear Strikes Out
Fear Strikes Out is streaming in the US on Hoopla.
It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home.
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)
Details
- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Released
- March 28, 1957
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 22 votes
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