Fear Strikes Out
1957 · 1h 40m · Drama · United States of America · Rated G (AU)
This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Robert Mulligan6.3Smart score
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baseballbaseball playerbased on novel or bookbased on true storybiographybipolar disorderboston, massachusettsfamily relationshipsfather son conflictmassachusettsmental breakdownmental healthoverbearing fatherprofessional sportsredemptionred sox
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