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Fear Strikes Out is a 1957 American biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of American baseball player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg.
Fear Strikes Out: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams. True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
In Fear Strikes Out, directed by Robert Mulligan, John Piersall (Karl Malden) is the dominating presence in Jimmy's (Anthony Perkins) life, encouraging his early interest in baseball and then taking an obsessive interest in his son's athletic progress. The film depicts John Piersall as a frustrated blue collar worker with a mentally unstable ...
Based on the true story of troubled baseball star Jimmy Piersall, Fear Strikes Out is an emotionally compelling drama featuring excellent performances from Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden.
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Jim Piersall is groomed by his loving but hard-driving father (living vicariously through his son) to play major league baseball. His desire to succeed to please his father leads to mental illness and a nervous breakdown.
But before he racked up those numbers, Piersall faced a foe much tougher that a 90-m.p.h. fastball: mental illness. Anthony Perkins stars as Piersall in this powerful true story. Fear Strikes Out also marks the filmmaking debut of Alan J. Pakula and Robert Mulligan, the team whose credits include To Kill A Mockingbird.
Download or stream Fear Strikes Out (1957) with Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore for free on hoopla. When the record book closed on Boston Red So…
Sep 10, 2012 · The '50s-style confrontations between autocratic Malden and sensitive Perkins draw quite entertainingly on the precepts of Freud and the conventions of melodrama. It's a little poky and tentative ...
Jun 6, 2021 · Anthony Perkins stars as Jim Piersall, the professional baseball player whose well-meaning but demanding father, John (Karl Malden), drives him to a nervous ...
Feb 1, 1999 · Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story. Paperback – February 1, 1999. by Jim Piersall (Author), Al Hirshberg. 4.4 141 ratings. See all formats and editions. "The story of a man who became mentally `sick,' and how, through competent medical care, the help of a sympathetic and most understanding wife, the patience and encouragement of manager ...
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