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Fear Strikes Out

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 1957-03-20
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,

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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

Director / Directors

Robert Mulligan

Director

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Character: Jimmy Piersall

Karl Malden

Character: John Piersall

Norma Moore

Character: Mary Piersall

Adam Williams

Character: Doctor Brown

Perry Wilson

Character: Mrs. John Piersall

Peter J. Votrian

Character: Jim Piersall as a Boy

Richard Bull

Character: Reporter Slade (uncredited)

Morgan Jones

Character: Sandy Allen (uncredited)

Edd Byrnes

Character: Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

Brian G. Hutton

Character: Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

Bart Burns

Character: Joe Cronin (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Alan J. Pakula

Producer

Ted Berkman

Screenplay

Raphael Blau

Screenplay

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Haskell B. Boggs

Director of Photography

Aaron Stell

Editor

Bert McKay

Casting

Hilyard M. Brown

Art Direction

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Edith Head

Costume Design

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

James Grant

First Assistant Camera

Nellie Manley

Hair Supervisor

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Paul Franz

Sound Recordist

Charles Grenzbach

Sound Recordist