Fear Strikes Out "This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…"
Released in: 1957
Director: Robert Mulligan
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

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