Fear Strikes Out
“This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…”
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Cast
11 people
Anthony Perkins
Jimmy Piersall
Known for
Psycho
The Trial
Karl Malden
John Piersall
Known for
Patton
On the Waterfront
Norma Moore
Mary Piersall
Also in
Born on the Fourth of July
Unwed Mother
Adam Williams
Doctor Brown
Known for
North by Northwest
The Big Heat
Perry Wilson
Mrs. John Piersall
Also in
The Matchmaker
All the King's Men
Peter J. Votrian
Jim Piersall as a Boy
Known for
Hans Christian Andersen
Richard Bull
Reporter Slade (uncredited)
Known for
Little House on the Prairie
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Morgan Jones
Sandy Allen (uncredited)
Known for
Forbidden Planet
Not of This Earth
Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Known for
Grease
The Secret Invasion
Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
Known for
Last Train from Gun Hill
King Creole
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Known for
Frances
Seven Days in May
Robert Mulligan Director · Ted Berkman Screenplay Raphael Blau Screenplay
United States release March 1, 1957 · Produced in United States · Working title The Jim Piersall Story
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
The Jim Piersall Story
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 1, 1957
Premiere · Rochester, New York, first showing
Australia
August 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Canada
March 28, 1957 · Theatrical
Finland
February 21, 1958 · Theatrical
France
December 13, 1957 · Theatrical
Germany
February 21, 1958 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
March 17, 1958 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 27, 1958 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 20, 1958 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 19, 1957 · Theatrical
South Africa
July 10, 1957 · Theatrical · Johannesburg
August 12, 1957 · Theatrical · Durban
Spain
October 19, 1964 · Theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
January 30, 1958 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 24, 1957 · Theatrical
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