Fear Strikes Out
(1957)

This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…

Released: 1957-03-20

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

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Anthony Perkins

as Jimmy Piersall

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Karl Malden

as John Piersall

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Norma Moore

as Mary Piersall

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Adam Williams

as Doctor Brown

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Perry Wilson

as Mrs. John Piersall

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Peter J. Votrian

as Jim Piersall as a Boy

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Richard Bull

as Reporter Slade (uncredited)

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Morgan Jones

as Sandy Allen (uncredited)

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Edd Byrnes

as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

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Brian G. Hutton

as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

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Bart Burns

as Joe Cronin (uncredited)

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Ted Berkman

Screenplay

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Raphael Blau

Screenplay

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Robert Mulligan

Director

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Alan J. Pakula

Producer

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Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

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Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

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Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

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Sam Comer

Set Decoration

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Bert McKay

Casting

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Aaron Stell

Editor

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Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

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Edith Head

Costume Design

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Hal Pereira

Art Direction

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James Grant

First Assistant Camera

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Nellie Manley

Hair Supervisor

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Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

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Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

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Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

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Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

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