"This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…" 28 March 1957 Drama 100 mins
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall
Karl Malden as John Piersall
Norma Moore as Mary Piersall
Adam Williams as Doctor Brown
Perry Wilson as Mrs. John Piersall
Peter J. Votrian as Jim Piersall as a Boy
Richard Bull as Reporter Slade (uncredited)
Morgan Jones as Sandy Allen (uncredited)
Edd Byrnes as Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Brian G. Hutton as Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
Bart Burns as Joe Cronin (uncredited)
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
Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
Hal Pereira Art Direction
Edith Head Costume Design
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栄光の旅路 Trailer
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De weg naar de roem Trailer
Frykten slår ut Trailer
Vencendo o Medo Trailer
Fruktan bryter ut Trailer
Страх вырывается наружу Trailer
Buhranlı Yıllar Trailer
The Jim Piersall Story Trailer
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Australia 01 August 1957
Canada 28 March 1957
Germany 21 February 1958
Spain 19 October 1964
Finland 21 February 1958
France 13 December 1957
United Kingdom 24 May 1957
Italy 17 March 1958
Mexico 27 February 1958
Netherlands 20 June 1958
Portugal 19 December 1957
Sweden 30 January 1958
United States 01 March 1957
South Africa 12 August 1957
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trailer directed by Robert Mulligan starring: Anthony Perkins Karl Malden Norma Moore.
1. Plot: (Wiki) Based on Piersall's shattering tell-all biography the film traces Piersall's rise from the sandlots of Waterbury Connecticut to the Boston Red Sox ...
Anthony Perkins (as Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall) flips out after homering in a scene from the 1957 movie "Fear Strikes Out." Karl Malden appears as ...
I made this video myself it's a tribute to one of Anthony Perkins best performances ever in the movie Fear Strikes Out. The true story of Jim Piersall a 1950s ball ...
Song by Banks.
Song by Lorde.
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