Fear Strikes Out
| Fear Strikes Out | |
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| Directed by | Robert Mulligan |
| Screenplay by | Ted Berkman Raphael Blau |
| Based on | Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story 1955 book by Jimmy Piersall and Al Hirshberg |
| Produced by | Alan J. Pakula |
| Starring | Anthony Perkins Karl Malden |
| Cinematography | Haskell B. Boggs |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fear Strikes Out is a 1957 American biographical sports drama film depicting the life and career of American baseball All-Star player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Piersall and Karl Malden as his father, and it was the first directed by Robert Mulligan.
This film is a Paramount Picture and was preceded by a 1955 TV version starring Tab Hunter.
The format of the film allows documentary footage of the stadium scenes to be used during the game sequences.