Fear Strikes Out
"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.
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)
Crew
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Ted Berkman
Screenplay
Robert Mulligan
Director
Raphael Blau
Screenplay
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Bert McKay
Casting
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Edith Head
Costume Design
Aaron Stell
Editor
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
James Grant
First Assistant Camera
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Paul Franz
Sound Recordist
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor