Fear Strikes Out, 
Movie, 1957
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Also known as:
- Die Nacht kennt keine Schatten (Germany)
- Prisonnier de la peur (France)
- 栄光の旅路 (Japan)
- Venciendo al miedo (Mexico)
- Страх вырывается наружу (USSR)
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◊ 2025-11-22 01:42 |
![[Image: 2025-11-2110.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/17801/25/2025-11-2110.jpg) ![[Image: 2025-11-2124.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/17801/25/2025-11-2124.jpg) 1957 sports biopic starring Anthony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall, a White Sox player who had a very public struggle with bipolar disorder in 1952 and even had to be hospitalized due to mental illness, which he later recovered from, rejoined the Red Sox and continued playing major league baseball until 1967. Karl Malden plays Piersall's father. Based on the 1954 book of the same name written by Piersall, who hated this movie and later wrote another autobiography in 1985 titled "The Truth Hurts". Piersall died in 2017, outliving Anthony Perkins by over 25 years. |
