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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 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.[1]
The format of the film allows documentary footage of the stadium scenes to be used during the game sequences.