Second Serve
Release Date: 1986-01-01
Overview: Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
Rating: 4.667 / 10
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
as Renee Richards
Martin Balsam
as Dr. Beck
William Russ
as Josh
Alice Krige
as Gwen
Louise Fletcher
as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
Crew
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Anthony Page - Director
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Gavin Lambert - Writer
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Linda Yellen - Executive Producer
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Brad Fiedel - Original Music Composer
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John C. Horger - Editor
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