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Language: English
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Language: English
Spoken: English
Production: Paramount Pictures
Budget: N/A
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Fear Strikes Out NR

Released Drama

28 Mar, 1957 1h 40min

Fear Strikes Out NR

Released Drama

28 Mar, 1957 1h 40min

Directed by Robert Mulligan

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.

Directed by Robert Mulligan

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.

Anthony Perkins

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Jimmy Piersall

60 yrs

Karl Malden

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John Piersall

97 yrs

Norma Moore

Mary Piersall

91 yrs

Adam Williams

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Doctor Brown

84 yrs

Perry Wilson

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Mrs. John Piersall

93 yrs

Peter J. Votrian

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Jim Piersall as a Boy

73 yrs

Richard Bull

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Reporter Slade (uncredited)

89 yrs

Morgan Jones

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Sandy Allen (uncredited)

84 yrs

Edd Byrnes

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Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

86 yrs

Brian G. Hutton

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Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

79 yrs

Bart Burns

Joe Cronin (uncredited)

108 yrs

Fear Strikes Out NR

Fear Strikes Out NR

This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…

This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…

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Anthony Perkins

Karl Malden

Norma Moore

Adam Williams

Perry Wilson

Peter J. Votrian

Richard Bull

Morgan Jones

Edd Byrnes

Brian G. Hutton

Bart Burns

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