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.

Robert Mulligan

Director

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

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)