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