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Midnight Movie: Fear Strikes Out

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden

This perceptive and disturbing account of a father's attempt to compensate for his own failure by forcing his son to become a successful baseball player is probably the cinema's best treatment of schizophrenia.

Contributors

Director:
Robert Mulligan
Jimmy Piersall:
Anthony Perkins
John Piersall, his father:
Karl Malden
Mary Teevan:
Norma Moore
Dr Brown:
Adam Williams
Source: Radio Times

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