Second Serve

5.4

1986-01-01

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.

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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.

Released

1986-01-01

Runtime

120

Director

Anthony Page

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Revenue

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Drama

TV Movie

Language

English

Production

Lorimar Telepictures

Second Serve

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Vanessa Redgrave

Martin Balsam

William Russ

Alice Krige

Louise Fletcher

Kerrie Keane

Richard Venture

Reni Santoni

Jeff Corey

Alan Feinstein

Nina van Pallandt

Michael Cavanaugh

Kenneth Tigar

Alison La Placa

Ray Girardin

James Victor

Gerry Gibson

Michael Harrington

Mews Small

Whit Hertford

Keri Houlihan

Bunny Summers

Camila Ashland

Richard Newton

Santos Morales

James Ingersoll

Eunice Christopher