Fear Strikes Out

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Fear Strikes Out
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Starring Anthony Perkins
Karl Malden
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) March 20, 1957
Running time 100 min.
Country USA
Language English

Fear Strikes Out (1957) is a dramatic film depicting the life and career of American baseball player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's autobiography Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story. The film stars Anthony Perkins as Piersall and Karl Malden as his father, and it was directed by Robert Mulligan. This film is a Paramount Picture. Gary Vinson had an uncredited role in the film as a high school baseball player.

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