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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…"

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NR 1957 · 1h 40m
Drama
Starring Anthony Perkins · Karl Malden · Norma Moore
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 4, 2003
Director
Robert Mulligan
Writers
Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau
Producer
Alan J. Pakula
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Keywords
based on novel or book baseball boston, massachusetts massachusetts mental breakdown biography based on true story family relationships redemption overbearing father red sox baseball player mental health professional sports bipolar disorder father son conflict
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Cast

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A
Anthony Perkins
Jimmy Piersall
K
Karl Malden
John Piersall
N
Norma Moore
Mary Piersall
A
Adam Williams
Doctor Brown
P
Perry Wilson
Mrs. John Piersall
P
Peter J. Votrian
Jim Piersall as a Boy
R
Richard Bull
Reporter Slade (uncredited)
M
Morgan Jones
Sandy Allen (uncredited)
E
Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
B
Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
B
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
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