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Fear Strikes Out is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Mulligan released in USA on 20 march 1957 with Anthony Perkins

Fear Strikes Out (1957)

Fear Strikes Out
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Released in USA 20 march 1957
Length 1h31
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating68% 3.447143.447143.447143.447143.44714

Fear Strikes Out (1957) is a dramatic feature film depicting the life and career of American baseball player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's biography Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, written by Al Hirshberg. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Piersall and Karl Malden as his father, and it was the first directed by Robert Mulligan.

This film is a Paramount Picture and was preceded by a 1956 TV version starring Tab Hunter.

Synopsis

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 professional baseball team. Karl Malden plays his domineering father who pushes him further and further.

Actors

Anthony Perkins

(Jimmy Piersall)Karl Malden

(John Piersall)Adam Williams

(Doctor Brown)Richard Bull

(Reporter Slade (uncredited))Gary Vinson

(High School Ballplayer (uncredited))
And :
Morgan Jones
Art Gilmore
Edd Byrnes
Brian G. Hutton
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