Second Serve
1986-01-01 | 120 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Vanessa RedgraveRenee Richards
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Martin BalsamDr. Beck
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William RussJosh
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Alice KrigeGwen
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Louise FletcherDr. Sadie M. Bishop
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Kerrie KeaneMeriam
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Richard VentureDr. David Bradley
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Reni SantoniDr. Roberto Granato
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Jeff CoreyDr. Harry Benjamin
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Alan FeinsteinBill
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Nina van PallandtDanielle
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Michael CavanaughGene Scott
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Kenneth TigarRoss
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Alison La PlacaNightclub Singer
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Mews SmallNavy Wife
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Whit HertfordRenee
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