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, boston red sox
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Peter J. Votrian