1957·Drama·1h 40m
7.1
★
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Directed by Robert Mulligan
based on novel or book
boston, massachusetts
baseball
massachusetts
redemption
mental breakdown
biography
based on true story
family relationships
overbearing father
red sox
baseball player
mental health
professional sports
bipolar disorder
father son conflict
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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)
Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Alan J. Pakula
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Popular Reviews
10 reviews
S
8.0★ · 02/14/25
Been awhile since I’ve seen a face that exudes THAT much stress
Been awhile since I’ve seen a face that exudes THAT much stress
christy
8.0★ · 12/29/24
My mom asked if this was psycho 3
My mom asked if this was psycho 3
Surina
9.0★ · 01/26/24
Upon watching this again... I think this may be Tony's best performance unsure but I dare say it's that good. WILD this isn't the one he got the Oscar nom for but alas. Truly makes you see what an underutilized talent this man was. Sorry Tab Hunter...the role was worth it.
Upon watching this again... I think this may be Tony's best performance unsure but I dare say it's that good. WILD this isn't the one he got the Oscar nom for but alas. Truly makes you see what an underutilized talent this man was. Sorry Tab Hunter...the role was worth it.
Surina
9.0★ · 06/29/23
Slowly spending the summer working through every Perkins movie and I gotta say, as much as his iconic Norman changed Horror I find this to be his best performance I've seen so far. His performance
showed such a remarkable amount of depth and complexity I found my self so glued to the screen obsessed with it. You can of course see the groundwork for Hitchcock here but you can also see his capacity for drama and charm. I just adored it. He copied the mannerisms of Jim while still keeping it himself- it worked really well.
Plus, as a To Kill a Mockingbird fan it's hard not to see the talent Robert Mulligan had in every movie. There was so much here that moved me and generally I am not a sports movie person.
Admittedly, as about 4 people in my adult life and I guess now letterbox know -but fuck it who cares I'm not ashamed- I am bipolar from CTE (exterior brain damage) in my teens and found this movie quite tough to watch as a result ... found it to be a hard reminder of some rough years I don't talk about anymore... but good god it also was a powerful & maybe even wonderful reminder of how much modern medications changed my life and how much it took to come as far as I did. And man am I thankful for that. As inaccurate as this film may have been to the true story, it's a really moving representation of severe mental illness that was shockingly modern in it's destigmitization. Maybe it should have hit that chapter sooner but it left on a thoughtful and intentional note. I loved "I'm afraid too Mary. But I want to play" There's always that fear of regression but passion that fights it.
This movie had quite of flaws but boy did it affect me so
showed such a remarkable amount of depth and complexity I found my self so glued to the screen obsessed with it. You can of course see the groundwork for Hitchcock here but you can also see his capacity for drama and charm. I just adored it. He copied the mannerisms of Jim while still keeping it himself- it worked really well.
Plus, as a To Kill a Mockingbird fan it's hard not to see the talent Robert Mulligan had in every movie. There was so much here that moved me and generally I am not a sports movie person.
Admittedly, as about 4 people in my adult life and I guess now letterbox know -but fuck it who cares I'm not ashamed- I am bipolar from CTE (exterior brain damage) in my teens and found this movie quite tough to watch as a result ... found it to be a hard reminder of some rough years I don't talk about anymore... but good god it also was a powerful & maybe even wonderful reminder of how much modern medications changed my life and how much it took to come as far as I did. And man am I thankful for that. As inaccurate as this film may have been to the true story, it's a really moving representation of severe mental illness that was shockingly modern in it's destigmitization. Maybe it should have hit that chapter sooner but it left on a thoughtful and intentional note. I loved "I'm afraid too Mary. But I want to play" There's always that fear of regression but passion that fights it.
This movie had quite of flaws but boy did it affect me so
Slowly spending the summer working through every Perkins movie and I gotta say, as much as his iconic Norman changed Horror I find this to be his best performance I've seen so far. His performance
showed such a remarkable amount of depth and complexity I found my self so glued to the screen obsessed with it. You can of course see the groundwork for Hitchcock here but you can also see his capacity for drama and charm. I just adored it. He copied the mannerisms of Jim while still keeping it himself- it worked really well.
Plus, as a To Kill a Mockingbird fan it's hard not to see the talent Robert Mulligan had in every movie. There was so much here that moved me and generally I am not a sports movie person.
Admittedly, as about 4 people in my adult life and I guess now letterbox know -but fuck it who cares I'm not ashamed- I am bipolar from CTE (exterior brain damage) in my teens and found this movie quite tough to watch as a result ... found it to be a hard reminder of some rough years I don't talk about anymore... but good god it also was a powerful & maybe even wonderful reminder of how much modern medications changed my life and how much it took to come as far as I did. And man am I thankful for that. As inaccurate as this film may have been to the true story, it's a really moving representation of severe mental illness that was shockingly modern in it's destigmitization. Maybe it should have hit that chapter sooner but it left on a thoughtful and intentional note. I loved "I'm afraid too Mary. But I want to play" There's always that fear of regression but passion that fights it.
This movie had quite of flaws but boy did it affect me so
showed such a remarkable amount of depth and complexity I found my self so glued to the screen obsessed with it. You can of course see the groundwork for Hitchcock here but you can also see his capacity for drama and charm. I just adored it. He copied the mannerisms of Jim while still keeping it himself- it worked really well.
Plus, as a To Kill a Mockingbird fan it's hard not to see the talent Robert Mulligan had in every movie. There was so much here that moved me and generally I am not a sports movie person.
Admittedly, as about 4 people in my adult life and I guess now letterbox know -but fuck it who cares I'm not ashamed- I am bipolar from CTE (exterior brain damage) in my teens and found this movie quite tough to watch as a result ... found it to be a hard reminder of some rough years I don't talk about anymore... but good god it also was a powerful & maybe even wonderful reminder of how much modern medications changed my life and how much it took to come as far as I did. And man am I thankful for that. As inaccurate as this film may have been to the true story, it's a really moving representation of severe mental illness that was shockingly modern in it's destigmitization. Maybe it should have hit that chapter sooner but it left on a thoughtful and intentional note. I loved "I'm afraid too Mary. But I want to play" There's always that fear of regression but passion that fights it.
This movie had quite of flaws but boy did it affect me so
monty
6.5★ · 05/24/22
people really raving about movies where the moral is that maybe the pressure parents put on their kids is too high in 2022 when this genre of movies was already perfected nearly 70 years ago
people really raving about movies where the moral is that maybe the pressure parents put on their kids is too high in 2022 when this genre of movies was already perfected nearly 70 years ago