Movie

Second Serve (1986)

• January 1, 1986
• 1h 38m

• Drama
• TV Movie

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.

Director

Anthony Page

Writers

Gavin Lambert

Starring

Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ