Fear Strikes Out
movie
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
Released March 28, 1957
Genres:
Overview
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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)
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Bart Burns
as
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Mulligan
as
Director
Alan J. Pakula
as
Producer
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Ted Berkman
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Screenplay
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Raphael Blau
as
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
as
Original Music Composer
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Haskell B. Boggs
as
Director of Photography
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Aaron Stell
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Editor
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Bert McKay
as
Casting
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Hilyard M. Brown
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Art Direction
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Hal Pereira
as
Art Direction
Edith Head
as
Costume Design
Sam Comer
as
Set Decoration