The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Ted BerkmanScreenplay
- Robert MulliganDirector
- Raphael BlauScreenplay
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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)
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookboston, massachusettsbaseballmassachusettsredemptionmental breakdownbiographybased on true storyfamily relationshipsoverbearing fatherred soxbaseball player