
“This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…”
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Fear Strikes Out (1957) was directed by Robert Mulligan. The film is a Drama production with a runtime of 1h 40m, rated 7.1/10.
Fear Strikes Out runs 1h 40m (100 minutes total). Audience rating: 7.1/10 from 21 votes. Genre: Drama.
Fear Strikes Out is rated 7.1/10 by 21 viewers — well-rated and generally recommended. A good pick for Drama fans.