True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Fear Strikes Out has generally received positive reviews.
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Fear Strikes Out was released in 1957 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 34 reviews, giving Fear Strikes Out (1957) an average rating of 72%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 75% and users giving an average score of 73%.
With a score of 72%, Fear Strikes Out is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1957, which stands at 60%.
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