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.
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.
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