Fear Strikes Out
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 film directed by Robert Mulligan.
Plot
Based on Jim Piersall's autobiography, the film traces his rise from the sandlots of Waterbury, Connecticut, to the Boston Red Sox professional baseball team. Karl Malden plays his domineering father who pushes him further and further.
More details
| author | Raphael Blau Ted Berkman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Massachusetts |
| director | Robert Mulligan |
| editor | Aaron Stell |
| events | baseball |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | american league at bat baseball team boston red sox connecticut domineering father first time home run jim piersall major league baseball mental institution psychotherapy red sox sandlot sandlot ball shortstop shout strike out therapy |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| nomination | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film |
| producer | Alan J. Pakula |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | biographical biographical drama |