Second Serve
Directed by Anthony PageFact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transgender woman. Flashback to 1964 and meet Richard Radley, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Seems like the good doctor likes to dress up in women's clothes and visit Manhattan. 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 fatherhood, she gives in to transition and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
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Second Serve was released on May 13, 1986.
Second Serve was directed by Anthony Page.
Second Serve has a runtime of 2 hr.
Second Serve was produced by Linda Yellen, Eileen Mack Knight.
The key characters in Second Serve are Renee Richards (Vanessa Redgrave), Dr. Beck (Martin Balsam), Josh (William Russ).
Second Serve is a Drama, Biography, Sport film.
Second Serve has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.