Second Serve

01/01/1986

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2hrs 0min

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Drama

,TV Movie

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Vanessa Redgrave
  • Martin Balsam
  • William Russ
  • Alice Krige
  • Louise Fletcher

    Directors

  • Anthony Page
  • Linda Yellen

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lorimar Telepictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English