
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.
- Year: 1957
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Keyword: baseball, mental breakdown, biography, psychiatrist, overbearing father, red sox, baseball player, mental health, mental asylum, baseball field, professional sports, bipolar disorder, father son conflict, baseball game, pressure to perform
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Peter J. Votrian