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  1. Fear Strikes Out is a 1957 American biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of American baseball player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg.

  2. Fear Strikes Out: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams. True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

    • (2.2K)
    • Biography, Drama, Sport
    • Robert Mulligan
    • 1957-03-28
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    • Robert Mulligan
    • 100 min
    • 22
  4. Based on the true story of troubled baseball star Jimmy Piersall, Fear Strikes Out is an emotionally compelling drama featuring excellent performances from Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden. Read...

    • (24)
    • Anthony Perkins
    • Robert Mulligan
    • Biography
  5. Fear Strikes Out (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Showed 'Em! Never happened but represents similar incidents, Jim Piersall (Anthony Perkins), hits an inside-the-park home run at Fenway, Dad (Karl Malden) and wife (Norma Moore) in the stands, then wigs out, in Fear Strikes Out, 1957.

  6. True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball. Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) to play major league baseball.

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