Second Serve (5.3)

Movie · 1986 · 2 h 00 min · Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by: Anthony Page

Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ, Alice Krige, Louise Fletcher, Kerrie Keane, Richard Venture, Reni Santoni, Jeff Corey, Alan Feinstein

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