Second Serve
A tennis athlete has her career challenged after coming out as a transgender woman. The film revisits her former life as a doctor, personal conflicts, family breakdown, and her decision to transition and start over.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1986
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1986
Storyline
A tennis athlete has her career challenged after coming out as a transgender woman. The film revisits her former life as a doctor, personal conflicts, family breakdown, and her decision to transition and start over.
Top credits
Vanessa Redgrave — Richard Radley, Renee Richards
Martin Balsam — Dr. Beck
William Russ — Josh
Alice Krige — Gwen
Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Vanessa Redgrave's screen mother Louise Fletcher was two and a half years older than Redgrave. Fletcher would recall that during her six-year 1960s London sojourn "I almost got arrested with Vanessa picketing against the Vietnam War in Berkeley Square."
• The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam and Louise Fletcher.
• Vanessa Redgrave was dubbed for this movie.
User reviews
Impressive but in many ways dishonest
Interesting to revisit this in light of the current controversies...
Vanessa Serves Up A Good One
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
