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

Fear Strikes Out (1957)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Mulligan
  • Profile picture of Anthony Perkins
    Jimmy Piersall Anthony Perkins
  • Profile picture of Karl Malden
    John Piersall Karl Malden
  • Profile picture of Norma Moore
    Mary Piersall Norma Moore
  • Profile picture of Adam Williams
    Doctor Brown Adam Williams
  • Profile picture of Perry Wilson
    Mrs. John Piersall Perry Wilson
  • Profile picture of Peter J. Votrian
    Jim Piersall as a Boy Peter J. Votrian
  • Profile picture of Richard Bull
    Reporter Slade (uncredited) Richard Bull
  • Profile picture of Morgan Jones
    Sandy Allen (uncredited) Morgan Jones

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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