Second Serve
- Released on
- Runtime
- 120 mins
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.
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
- 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
Director
- Anthony Page
