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Runtime
100 min

Status
Released

Language
EN

Popularity
3.78

Director
Robert Mulligan

Writers
Ted Berkman, Raphael Blau

Fear Strikes Out

1957 Rated NR · ⭐ 7.2 · Votes: 13

“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.

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Genres

Drama

Moods

Violent Psychological

Cast

Adam Williams Anthony Perkins Brian G. Hutton Edd Byrnes Karl Malden Morgan Jones Norma Moore Perry Wilson Peter J. Votrian Richard Bull

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