Fear Strikes Out

Name: Fear Strikes Out
Director: Robert Mulligan
Genre: Drama, Biography, Sport
Released: 1957-03-28
Duration: 6000000 s
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore

Directed by Robert Mulligan

Not Rated

1957 1h 40mDrama, Biography,

6.983%77%

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. Can he overcome those difficulties and return to the major leagues?