Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
Film19571h 40m
Drama
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- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1957-03-28
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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