This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
Overview
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Cast
Anthony Perkins
Jimmy Piersall
Karl Malden
John Piersall
Norma Moore
Mary Piersall
Adam Williams
Doctor Brown
Perry Wilson
Mrs. John Piersall
Peter J. Votrian
Jim Piersall as a Boy
Richard Bull
Reporter Slade (uncredited)
Morgan Jones
Sandy Allen (uncredited)
Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)
Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
Bart Burns
Joe Cronin (uncredited)
Play It as It Lays
Once Upon My Mother
Maborosi
The Saragossa Manuscript
Laid to Rest
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The Passenger
Dangerous Animals
Italian for Beginners
The Hill
Star!
Hallow Road
The God of Cookery
Red River
Eenie Meanie
Alphaville
The Woman in the Window
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The New Year That Never Came
Kiss Me Deadly