Second Serve

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• Genre(s): Drama, TV Movie
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Anthony Page
• Cast(s): Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ, Alice Krige, Louise Fletcher See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 2h
• Music: Brad Fiedel
• Award(s): Primetime Emmy 1986 (Won)
  Golden Globe 1987 (Nominated) Awards List
• Similar To: 180, Scoop
• Story:
  Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transsexual. 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. His psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with him and sends him to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and fatherhood, he gives in to the transsexual operation and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
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