
Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never madeā¦
1957 en 100 minutes
Rating: 7
Plot
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Trailer
Cast

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)