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Title:

Fear strikes out [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; Paramount Pictures Corporation ; screenplay by Ted Berkman and Raphael Blau ; produced by Alan Pakula ; directed by Robert Mulligan.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Widescreen version (16x9).

Publisher:

Paramount,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Piersall, Jimmy--Drama.
Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)--Drama.
Fielding (Baseball)--Drama.
Mental illness.--Drama.
Feature films.
Baseball films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Mulligan, Robert, 1925- .
Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998.
Berkman, Ted,
Blau, Raphael, 1912-1966.
Perkins, Anthony, 1932-1992.
Malden, Karl.
Moore, Norma.
Williams, Adam, 1929-
Wilson, Perry.
Votrian, Peter.
Boggs, Haskell B., 1909-
Stell, Aaron.
Bernstein, Elmer.
Head, Edith.
Piersall, Jimmy. Fear stikres out.
Hirshberg, Albert, 1909-1973. Fear strikes out.
Paramount Pictures Corporation.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956. Based on a story by James A. Piersall and Albert S. Hirshberg. Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Peter J. Votrian.

Summary:

When the record books closed on Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall's career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of .272. But before all that, Piersall faced a foe much tougher: mental illness. Based on the true story.

Series:

Widescreen DVD collection

ISBN:

9780792186847
0792186842

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51945710

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)