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Fear Strikes Out

Release Year
1957
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Robert Mulligan
Fear Strikes Out

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

Cast & Crew

Cast

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)

Edd Byrnes

Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

Brian G. Hutton

Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

Bart Burns

Joe Cronin (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Mulligan

Director

Ted Berkman

Screenplay

Raphael Blau

Screenplay

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Aaron Stell

Editor

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

James Grant

First Assistant Camera

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

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