Fear Strikes Out

7.1
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1957. March 20.

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

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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)

Art

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

Camera

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

James Grant

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Nellie Manley

Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Editing

Aaron Stell

Editor

Production

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Bert McKay

Casting

Sound

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Writing

Ted Berkman

Screenplay

Raphael Blau

Screenplay

Art

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

Camera

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

James Grant

First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Edith Head

Costume Design

Nellie Manley

Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Directing

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Editing

Aaron Stell

Editor

Production

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Bert McKay

Casting

Sound

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Writing

Ted Berkman

Screenplay

Raphael Blau

Screenplay