Fear Strikes Out

70 %|Mar 20, 1957|Drama

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

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

Cast

Jimmy Piersall

John Piersall

Mary Piersall

Doctor Brown

Mrs. John Piersall

Jim Piersall as a Boy

Reporter Slade (uncredited)

Sandy Allen (uncredited)

Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)

Joe Cronin (uncredited)