- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Robert Mulligan
- Stars: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson
- keywords: baseball, mental breakdown, biography, psychiatrist, overbearing father, red sox, baseball player, mental health, mental asylum, baseball field, professional sports, bipolar disorder, father son conflict, baseball game, pressure to perform, boston red sox
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
- The Fear Strikes Out is featured in the top rankings of 1957
- #30 in Top Drama Movies of 1957
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.