Fear Strikes Out (1957)
1h 40m
Running Time
March 20, 1957Release Date
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
1h 40m
Running Time
March 20, 1957Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
Eric Alden
Policeman
Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Heather Ames
Nurse
Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Sam Balter
Broadcaster
Robert Mulligan
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Raphael Blau
Screenplay
Jimmy Piersall
Writer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Aaron Stell
Editor
Bert McKay
Casting
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
James Grant
First Assistant Camera
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Paul Franz
Sound Recordist
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 20, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
baseball
red sox
mental health
baseball player
mental breakdown
psychiatrist
overbearing father
mental asylum
baseball field
professional sports
bipolar disorder
father son conflict
baseball game
pressure to perform
boston red sox
biography
Wiki.
Fear Strikes Out is a 1957 American biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of American baseball All-Star player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Piersall and Karl Malden as his father, and it was the first directed by Robert Mulligan.
This film is a Paramount Picture and was preceded by a 1955 TV version starring Tab Hunter.
The format of the film allows documentary footage of the stadium scenes to be used during the game sequences.
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