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.

Drama

Anthony Perkins

(Jimmy Piersall)

Karl Malden

(John Piersall)

Norma Moore

(Mary Piersall)

Adam Williams

(Doctor Brown)

Perry Wilson

(Mrs. John Piersall)

Peter J. Votrian

(Jim Piersall as a Boy)

Richard Bull

(Reporter Slade (uncredited))

Morgan Jones

(Sandy Allen (uncredited))

Edd Byrnes

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

Brian G. Hutton

(Bernie Sherwill (uncredited))

Bart Burns

(Joe Cronin (uncredited))