Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
1957 | 100m | English
Popularity: 7 (history)
| Director: | Robert Mulligan |
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| Writer: | Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau |
| Staring: |
| True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 20, 1957 |
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| Director: | Robert Mulligan |
| Writer: | Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | baseball, mental breakdown, biography, psychiatrist, overbearing father, red sox, baseball player, mental health, mental asylum, baseball field, professional sports, bipolar disorder, father son conflict, baseball game, pressure to perform |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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) |
| Edd Byrnes | Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited) |
| Brian G. Hutton | Bernie Sherwill (uncredited) |
| Bart Burns | Joe Cronin (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Robert Mulligan | Director |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Ted Berkman | Screenplay |
| Raphael Blau | Screenplay |
| Haskell B. Boggs | Director of Photography |
| Aaron Stell | Editor |
| Bert McKay | Casting |
| Hilyard M. Brown | Art Direction |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| James Grant | First Assistant Camera |
| Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Richard Caffey | Assistant Director |
| Paul Franz | Sound Recordist |
| Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alan J. Pakula | Producer |
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