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Fear Strikes Out

Fear Strikes Out

Robert Mulligan

1957

  • Drama
7.2

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Cast & crew

  • Robert MulliganDirector
  • Anthony PerkinsJimmy Piersall
  • Karl MaldenJohn Piersall
  • Norma MooreMary Piersall
  • Adam WilliamsDoctor Brown
  • Perry WilsonMrs. John Piersall
  • Peter J. VotrianJim Piersall as a Boy
  • Richard BullReporter Slade (uncredited)
  • Morgan JonesSandy Allen (uncredited)

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