

Fear Strikes Out
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
7.2(22)19571h 40m2
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- boston, massachusetts
- baseball
- massachusetts
- redemption
- mental breakdown
- biography
- based on true story
- family relationships
- overbearing father
- red sox
- baseball player
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRRochester, New York, first showing1 Mar 1957
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical24 May 1957
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG1 Aug 1957
CanadaCA
- Theatrical28 Mar 1957
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1221 Feb 1958
FranceFR
- Theatrical13 Dec 1957
GermanyDE
- Theatrical12West Germany21 Feb 1958
ItalyIT
- Theatrical17 Mar 1958
MexicoMX
- Theatrical27 Feb 1958
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical20 Jun 1958
PortugalPT
- Theatrical19 Dec 1957
South AfricaZA
- TheatricalJohannesburg10 Jul 1957
- TheatricalDurban12 Aug 1957
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Fear Strikes Out was released on 28 March 1957.
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