Fear Strikes Out

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

• Ted BerkmanScreenplay
• Robert MulliganDirector
• Raphael BlauScreenplay
• Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer

• Anthony PerkinsJimmy Piersall
• Karl MaldenJohn Piersall
• Norma MooreMary Piersall
• Adam WilliamsDoctor Brown
• Perry WilsonMrs. John Piersall
• Peter J. VotrianJim Piersall as a Boy
• Richard BullReporter Slade (uncredited)
• Morgan JonesSandy Allen (uncredited)
• Edd ByrnesBoy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
• Brian G. HuttonBernie Sherwill (uncredited)
• Bart BurnsJoe Cronin (uncredited)