Fear Strikes Out Movie Review 1957

Perkins plays Jimmy Piersall, star outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, and Malden, his demanding father, in the true story of the baseball star's battle for sanity. One of Perkins' best screen performances.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Baseball, Sanity Check, Bad Dads, True Stories, Boston

Screenplay

Raphael David Blau

Cast

Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson

Director

Robert Mulligan

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Paramount Pictures